| Earth is being invaded my aliens called buggers. The military has been recruiting children of above the ordinary to attend battle school, in hope of saving humanity from extinction. Ender, the most brilliant of all, leaves Earth for battle school.
At battle school Ender is isolated, bullied, and alienated. He quickly moves into the a leader rank at an abnormally fast paste. Every rule the battle school had, is now being broken, not by the students, but by the teachers. Something is going terribly wrong, a leader is needed for the real army. Every student knows it. After Ender has learned everything battle school has to offer, he moves to command school. Then, finally, he meets someone who can outsmart him by every move, Mazer Rackham, his new teacher. Ender, then, battles in computer simulation with the help of his familiar friends from battle school. Day, after day, Ender battles the computer simulation, and day by day the computer is more difficult to defeat, learning every from every move he makes. Ender falls into deeper exhaustion. The final test that will reveal if Ender is right for the army begins. Ender feels as if nothing matters, he no longer cares about fighting with honor, any longer. | ||
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Plot & Themes Tone of book - depressing/sad FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - science fiction story Coming of age Yes Youngster becomes - great warrior Training/Apprent. Yes Working up the ranks of... If an invasion, from Earth/human POV: - fighting overt invasion (attacking aliens) War or Invasion Yes Major kinds of combat: - lasers Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book Descript. of chases or violence - 30 % planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30 % Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30 % Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 10 % Main Character Identity: - Male Age: - a kid Really unusual traits? Main Adversary Identity: - an entire race How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a lot Intelligence - Genius (really!) Setting Takes place on Earth? Yes Takes place in spaceship? Yes Writing Style Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths scientific jargon? (SF only) - none/very little science jargon needed How much dialogue? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog |
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