Books Similar to Ender's Game?

[Cheryl]

Sounds like a neat book if someone can remember it!

[Teddie]

I second the Vorkosigan saga - Miles is a terrific protagonist. I just finished Red Rising - fantastic read that may be right up his alley.

[JM]

Alan wrote: "Britain cut off by a ?magical? event, children as heroes, magic in the form of weatherworkers among others..."

Peter Dickinson, Changes trilogy. The Weathermonger is the one you are remembering.

[John]

If he's willing to look at really old stuff, he could try E. E. Smith's Lensman series (Triplanetary etc.).

[Julie]

I just finished a book called Aschwood Academy by M.B. Cohen. It was a really great fun and quick read. I'm actually reading it again with my daughter. It's an adventure/ fantasy novel about a school for the magically gifted and has many twists and turns that keep it really interesting and fun. My daughter also is getting a kick out of its humor. I recommend it to anyone who enjoys Harry Potter. If anyone else gets a chance to read it I'd love to chat about it!

[Jamie]

100 Cupboards by N D Wilson, Pure Trilogy by Julianna Baggott is the best YA I've ever read

[Sam]

I am a big fan of "Boat of a Million Years" by Poul Anderson. I read it as a teen, though the book is for adults. I also am a fan of Harry Turtledove's "Crosstime Traffic" books.

[M.]

Red Rising - funnily enough considering the group's to-read list - reminded me very much of Ender's Game in some places, despite the two books' seeming differences. Think I even caught a tiny Ender's Game reference nestled in the text.

[Bill]

I'm sure the teenager has progressed on to stories with sex in them over the last 2.5 years, but one of the best sci-fi stories I read as a young teen was More Than Human by Theodore Sturgeon.

[Najaf]

Rite of Passage

[Marcel]

Hmm teenage boy.
starship troopers by Robert Heinlein is a future war, action novel which was written for teenage boys. but it might come across a bit dated, maybe.

old man's war by [john scalzi] might work, but not sure it's YA, might have to wait a couple of years. depends on the kid.

I read Player of Games by Iain M Banks when I was a teenager.

Oh, and I got properly into SciFi reading Transfer by Stanislaw Lem

For a teenager, maybe also cool, but again rather classic Harry Harrison the Steelrat cycle.

Or, if he's more into FF Philip Jose Farmer's World of Tiers cycle

[Kevin]

The Holy Bible

[Kateb]

Kevin wrote: "The Holy Bible"

I had a laugh out loud moment, love the comment, I hope it was meant to be funny

[Bryan]

Heinlein's Between Planets or The Rolling Stones were good fun, a little lighter than Ender's.

[Kevin]

Kateb wrote: "Kevin wrote: "The Holy Bible"

I had a laugh out loud moment, love the comment, I hope it was meant to be funny"

No I was 100% series especially the New Testament because Ender is the closest person I have ever read to be Jesus, which people usually never talks about. Plus most of the things that Card has written has a religious undertone..