Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card

Ender's Game is a science fiction novel by Orson Scott Card.  The book was first published in 1985, and had a newer release in 1991 with small variations to the political climate to more represent what was going on at the time.  The story chronicles the life of Ender Wiggins, a six year old genius, and takes place in 2070 after Earth has been attached twice by an alien race, called Buggers.  Ender has an older brother Peter, a sociopath who terrifies Ender, and a sister, Valentine, the only one who Ender truly cares about. The world has come together to form an International Fleet (IF) to protect the world, by training the most intelligent children from Earth in space on a battle ship.  Ender is selected as one of the youngest children to ever be selected at only six years old.  On the battle ship the children train extensively, and Ender shows himself to be a tactical genius.  Back at home Peter enlist the help of Valentine to make a play for world domination.  Valentine reluctantly agrees because she believes she can minimize Peter's effect, and keep in in line.  Things begin to spiral out of control, as Ender continues to struggle with the challenges of the battle room.

This book has an interesting point of view as the very young child geniuses in the book, act and speak more like you would expect from adults.  None of the children seem like children other than knowing their age and sizes.  The adults in the book, although exposing them to very grown up tasks, like training for war.  Seem to underestimate the intelligence of the children.  

         The close of this book was shocking, with a big twist ending.  I was so caught off guard that I had to go back and reread the last couple chapters.  I give this book a 4 out of 5, it was very interesting and I couldn't put it down.  I am excited to continue the story in Orson Scott Card's next book, Speaker for the Dead.  I was excited to read an article today that said there is a new screenplay that has just been finished by the director of the blockbuster Wolverine.  I think this would be an incredible movie, so I hope after all these years a studio picks up this script.