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A War of Gifts: An Ender Story (Other Tales from the Ender Universe) (edition 2007)

by Orson Scott Card (Author)

Series: Ender's Game, Enderverse (8C (short stories 8.1, 8.2))

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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.

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Title:A War of Gifts: An Ender Story (Other Tales from the Ender Universe)
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Info:Tor Books (2007), Edition: 1st, 128 pages
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Not sure what the purpose of this book was. Maybe a bit of insight into new children in Battle School? How religious students coped? Anyway, I am very ready to be done with this long series. ( )
  MXMLLN | Jan 12, 2024 |
Before reading the next installment of the Ender series, I wanted to read Book 5, which is a novella. Frankly, it seemed like a few missing chapters (i.e., after thought) from Ender's Game. ( )
  skipstern | Jul 11, 2021 |
Short story taking place in the cadet training area over Christmas. The idea fits in with the rest of the world -- removing all religious practices from the students there -- but still did not draw me in enough to appreciate the characters. ( )
  adamfortuna | May 28, 2021 |
Short story about Zeck, one of the children at the Battle School, and about Christmas and the giving of gifts. Zeck as pacifist to the extreme and has to handle the conflict between his religious views being discarded and forbidden, and people wanting to give gifts for Christmas.

The book is ok, but nothing special. ( )
  bratell | Dec 25, 2020 |
This short story from Battle School is a masterful piece of psychological drama. My daughter has been reading all the Ender books and picked this one up in the library - and told me to read it. I was kind of tired and figured I'd read a little and then go to sleep - but after reading the first couple pages I was reminded how great a writer Card was. I finished the book before bed. I was hooked the entire time. ( )
  Gezemice | Oct 29, 2018 |
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Brick, ScottNarratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Harris, JohnCover artistsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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To Tom Ruby,
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Zeck Morgan sat attentively on the front row of the little sanctuary of the Church of the Pure Christ in Eden, North Carolina.
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“I don’t believe in war.”

”Not many soldiers do, you could get killed doing that stuff.”
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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.

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