genre: science fiction
When Earth needs to save itself from the aliens that have already nearly destroyed it, it looks to the children to find a new commander. The child they think can complete the task? Ender Wiggins. Precious Ender who is capable of so much and whose training will run the razor's edge of breaking him.
I read this book LONG ago, as a teen and LOVED it. So many good twists and you get SO invested in Ender and what is being required of him. This time, on a long road trip, I listened to a full cast audio version with my two 13 year old sons. I had hoped they'd like it as much as I did and they LOVED it as well. They were surprised by the good twists and reveals, they cared about Ender and his friends, and I loved that at the heart of this story is the decisions we make: who do we want to be? How do we want to show up in the world and how do we want to handle what is asked of us? Motivation and Intent plus Behavior - all of these things make up our character and it's so clear what Ender is made of, despite what he has to DO.
Excellent production. I love that I get to give it five stars again 30 years later.
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