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Title: The bright but alienated kid will feel understood here.
Review: I've yet to find a kid who is one of those very bright but disenchanted with school types, actually at risk of dropping out because school is so meaningless, who does not respond to Ender's story of knowing more than everyone else but functioning as a savior of the world. It is a powerfully effective book to help the bright but isolated to find hope and meaning. The fantasy elements are incidental to me but are what makes the heavy doses of philosophy and insight digestible to most kids. Outstanding for kids with adult reading abilities who still have kid identity issues. No objectionable scenes. Another good one for the same kids but who have younger reading levels: A Bridge to Terabithia. The sequel and Card's other books are not as effective, tending toward much more heavy handed allegory and religious reference.
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