Ender's Shadow

Ender's Shadow
By: Orson Scott Card
Reviewed by: Esther, 15
Rating: It was amazing!

I never read any other book in the series besides Ender's Game and I was ready to end right there until my English teacher mentioned that this book was the same exact story as Ender's Game except only this time, it was from Bean's point of view. The story starts off with Bean as a young child. Readers get a clear view of the many struggles Bean faces and also how he overcomes them with his almost supernatural brilliance. The story then continues into what happens at the Battle School. Exact scenes from Ender's Game are repeated of course, except the view you receive of it is different. *SPOILER ALERT* For an example of this, when Ender sees Dragon Army, he thinks that all of these students are the rejects and the worse soldiers possible chosen by the teacher. But after reading Ender's Shadow, one is able to see that these were the best soldiers who were neglected by the teachers but chosen by Bean. Some parts were frustrating when seeing Ender's ignorance.

Recommeded to: Read Ender's Game first. Then read this.