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Publication
New York : Tor, 2013.
Description
Child-hero Ender Wiggin must fight a desperate battle against a deadly alien race if mankind is to survive.
Media reviews
I am aware that this sounds like the synopsis of a grade Z, made-for-television, science-fiction-rip-off movie. But Mr. Card has shaped this unpromising material into an affecting novel full of surprises that seem inevitable once they are explained. The key, of course, is Ender Wiggin himself. Mr.
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Awards
Hugo Award (Nominee — Novel — 1986)
Nebula Award (Nominee — Novel — 1985)
Soaring Eagle Book Award (First runner-up — 1991)
Margaret A. Edwards Award (2008)
Isinglass Teen Read Award (Nominee — 2004)
Locus All-Time Best (Science Fiction Novel — 9 — 1998)
Best Fiction for Young Adults (Selection — 1985)
ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound (Fiction — 1999)