A war of gifts: an Ender story
Orson Scott Card offers a Christmas gift to his millions of fans with A War of Gifts, a short novel set during Ender Wiggin's first years at the Battle School where it is forbidden to celebrate religious holidays.
The children come from many nations, many religions; while they are being trained for war, religious conflict between them is not on the curriculum. But Dink Meeker, one of the older students, doesn't see it that way. He thinks that giving gifts isn't exactly a religious observation, and on Sinterklaas Day he tucks a present into another student's shoe.
This small act of rebellion sets off a battle royal between the students and the staff, but some surprising alliances form when Ender comes up against a new student, Zeck Morgan. The War over Santa Claus will force everyone to make a choice.
THE ENDER UNIVERSE
Ender series
Ender’s Game / Speaker for the Dead / Xenocide / Children of the Mind / Ender in Exile / Children of the Fleet
Ender’s Shadow series
Ender’s Shadow / Shadow of the Hegemon / Shadow Puppets / Shadow of the Giant / Shadows in Flight
The First Formic War (with Aaron Johnston)
Earth Unaware / Earth Afire / Earth Awakens
The Second Formic War (with Aaron Johnston)
The Swarm / The Hive
Ender novellas
A War of Gifts / First Meetings
9781427201997
9781593976316
Level 4.9, 3 Points
Grouping Information
Grouped Work ID | 0040d7b4-287d-76cd-16af-d113a5a063db |
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Grouping Title | war of gifts |
Grouping Author | orson scott card |
Grouping Category | book |
Grouping Language | English (eng) |
Last Grouping Update | 2024-05-14 04:42:01AM |
Last Indexed | 2024-05-14 05:04:30AM |
Solr Fields
Rudnicki, Stefan, 1945-
Rudnicki, Stefan,1945-
Online OverDrive Collection
From the #1 New York Times bestseller
At the Battle School, there is only one course of study: the strategy and tactics of war. Humanity is fighting an alien race, and we fight as one. Students are drawn from all nations, all races, all religions, taken from their families as children. There is no room for cultural differences, no room for religious observances, and there is certainly no room for Santa Claus.
But the young warriors disagree. When Dink Meeker leaves a Sinterklaaus Day gift in another Dutch student's shoe, that quiet act of rebellion becomes the first shot in a war of wills that the staff of the Battle School never bargained for.
Orson Scott Card's novel Ender's Game is the basis of the hit movie of the same name.
THE ENDER UNIVERSE
Ender series
Ender's Game / Speaker for the Dead / Xenocide / Children of the Mind / Ender in Exile / Children of the Fleet
Ender's Shadow series
Ender's Shadow / Shadow of the Hegemon / Shadow Puppets / Shadow of the Giant / Shadows in Flight
The First Formic War (with Aaron Johnston)
Earth Unaware / Earth Afire / Earth Awakens
The Second Formic War (with Aaron Johnston)
The Swarm / The Hive
Ender novellas
A War of Gifts / First Meetings
CD Unabridged
eAudiobook
Books
eBook
9781427201997
9781593976316
BOOK - HARDCOVER
SF CARD
Ashland Vaughn Public Library Online
Online OverDrive Collection
Macmillan Audio
Tor
Christmas fiction
Science fiction
Wiggin, Ender -- (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
A war of gifts / Orson Scott Card
A war of gifts : an Ender story / Orson Scott Card
Science Fiction
Wiggin, Ender
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