Ender's Game

Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card

Andrew "Ender" Wiggin, the youngest of three highly intelligent children, is barely older than a toddler when he is sent to a special training ground for the International Fleet's future soldiers, known as Battle School. For in this futuristic world, the people of the Earth are at odds with an alien race known as the buggers. Ender has been selected as a possible commander in the war against these aliens. Everyday, he and his classmates learn skills that will help them in combat such as how to maneuver in zero-gravity and play "games" that are designed to help them think strategically in a fight. But although he must work together with the other children in order to succeed, Ender finds himself being purposefully isolated by the directors of the Battle School. Eventually Ender realizes that though the buggers must be defeated, he has another battle to fight. A battle against the adults that train kids to fight like soldiers. So he begins to commit small acts of rebellion, using his incredibly mature brain to develop ways of beating systems that weren't designed to be beaten. Far from angering the Battle School directors though, it instead gives them all the more reason to advance Ender early, sending him to Command School several years ahead of schedule. Now Ender is faced with decisions that may affect the entire human population and change the course of history. It's no longer a game.

Rating: 
This book was pretty AMAZING! There was none of that romance-type stuff you generally find in teen fantasy/sci-fi novels which was refreshing. The world that the author created was incredibly believable and rich in detail. All of the characters were awesome but my absolute favorite was Bean. The ending was also completely unexpected; after I finished the book, I just sat there for a couple minutes, just completely in shock. (Don't worry, it was the good kind of shock.)

Overall: This book is a must-read!! I also believe that there are some sequels...