Summer Reading for Middle School: Orson Scott Card

During his first year at the Battle School--where it is against the rules to celebrate religious holidays--Ender decides to give one of his classmates a holiday gift, and starts a fight between the students.

Ender, who is the result of genetic experimentation, may be the military genius Earth needs in its war against an alien enemy.

Bean must overcome his past and prove to the recruiters at the Battle School that he can help save the planet from an alien invasion.

Contains four stories about the origins and destiny of genetically engineered Andrew "Ender" Wiggin, a young man who may be the military genius Earth needs in its war against an alien enemy; includes the original "Ender's Game."

Thirteen-year-old Rigg has a secret ability to see the paths of others' pasts, but revelations after his father's death set him on a dangerous quest that brings new threats from those who would either control his destiny or kill him.

Peter Wiggin, leader of the worldwide government in the aftermath of the victory over the alien Formics, makes a tactical error when he arranges for the rescue of his archenemy Achilles who is being held by the Chinese, only to learn Achilles is insane and determined to kill Bean, the genetic anomaly who served as second-in-command during the conflict.