ENDER'S GAME is a remarkable book. Winner of two prestigious Science Fiction Awards, it currently has 4.28 STARS from 489,714 reviewers at GoodReads.
Reasons for the books' popularity include the quality of Orson Scott Card's writing and his ability to include emotional elements in his plotting. One can't help but feel for the children that are torn from their families, nor to hope that they can come up with a solution so that the Buggers don't conquer mankind.
For any age, Ender's Game is definitely guy-friendly.
*Nebula Award Winner*
*Hugo Award Winner*
*Locus Award Nominee*
Aliens have attacked in Earth space and the prognoses looks grim. So in an effort to save humanity children are genetically created to be military geniuses.
The Wiggins family has 3 three brilliant children: Ender, Peter, and Valentine. But it is only the two boys who have a talent for things martial and that sets off the emotional dynamic in this series, especially after Ender is chosen for Battle School and sadistic Peter is excluded.
Truly a brilliant, intelligent book.
Word Count: 100,609Page Count: 352
Accelerated Reading 5.5 / points: 16.0
AR quiz: 28441
Lexile: 780L
*Nebula Award Winner*
*Hugo Award Winner*
*Locus Award Winner*
*Cambell Ward Nominee*
*Cambell Ward Nominee*
Word Count: 128,569
Accelerated Reading 6.1 / points: 21.0
AR quiz: 28448
Lexile: 850L
*Hugo Award Nominee*
*Locus Award Nominee*
Word Count: 179,484Accelerated Reading level: 6.3 / points: 29.0
AR quiz: 28452
Lexile: 890L
Word Count: 113,042
Accelerated Reading level: 6.2 / points: 18.0
AR quiz: 28455
Lexile: 860L
ENDER'S SHADOW
Word Count: 140,695
Accelerated Reading level: 5.9 / points: 22.0
AR quiz: 32282
Lexile: 780L
SHADOW OF THE HEGEMON
Word Count: 113,827
Accelerated Reading level: 6.3 / points: 19.0
AR quiz: 46855
Lexile: 860L
SHADOW OF THE GIANT
Word Count: 106,328
Accelerated Reading level: 5.7 / points: 17.0
AR quiz: 86588
Lexile: 830L
The following books are set in Ender's universe but are not part of the numbered series.
ENDER IN EXILEThe war is over and not the children of the Battle School must readapt to life in the outside the military. But where do they go? They haven't seen their families for years.
And poor Ender. He saved humanity, but now he's reviled. No longer allowed to live on Earth he chooses exile with his sister Valentine. And they choose the stars and beyond!
Word Count: 126,600
Accelerated Reading level: 6.0 / points: 20.0
AR quiz: 126924
Lexile: 840L
WAR OF GIFTS
At the Battle School religious holidays are outlawed. Dink Meeker consequently sets off a mini rebellion when he tucks a present into another student's shoe. Some surprising alliances are created for Dink and Ender and ultimately The War over Santa Claus forces everyone to make a choice.
Word Count: 20,922
Accelerated Reading level: 4.9 / points: 3.0
AR quiz: 119003
Lexile: 730L
This book contains 3 novellas about Ender's family, and it includes the original ENDER'S GAME.
Accelerated Reading level: 5.6 / points: 8.0
AR quiz: 75120
Lexile: 850L
