Ender Saga #1: Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card

Read: 2001

Ender is a third child, his birth required from his parents in the hopes of breeding a commander who struck a balance between the joyful savagery of his brother and the bleeding heart of his sister. Ender's Game follows Ender as he is trained to fight the "buggers," an alien race once defeated but expected to return.

Ender's Game is a fantastic story, and certainly ought to be required reading for all fans of science fiction. Though I read it years ago, this book has stayed with me all this time. There's something very compelling about Ender's struggle between his compassion and the violence he is being trained for.

I highly recommend Ender's Game for fans of science fiction, particularly those in the young teen crowd.


Other books in the Ender's saga series:

1. Ender's Game


2. Speaker for the Dead


3. Xenocide


4. Children of the Mind


5. Ender's Shadow


6. Shadow of the Hegemon


7. Shadow Puppets


8. First Meetings


9. Shadow of the Giant


10. A War of Gifts: An Ender Story


11. Ender in Exile


12. Shadows in Flight


13. Shadows Alive


14. Earth Unaware