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Shadow saga volume 1
Language
English
Description
Parallel story to Ender's game. An orphan named Bean is found on the streets of Amsterdam and taken to Battle School, where he becomes both friend and rival to Ender Wiggin.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c2005.
Language
English
Description
Recruited by a unit of guerrilla fighters after the brutal murder of his father by militants, a west African student falls under the spell of his dangerous commander and finds his new life increasingly contrasting with his former existence.
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English
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"After enduring deception at the hands of one prince, Selah never imagined she'd find love with Torden of Norge. Or that she'd be banished from his court as a traitor and a spy, unsure when or if they'll see each other again. That heartbreak pales in comparison to her crew's--her friends'--betrayal. The Beholder's true mission was a secret they didn't trust Selah to keep: transporting weapons to rebels fighting against the Imperiya Yotne's brutal...
5) Blood Scion
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English
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"Fifteen-year-old Sloane can incinerate an enemy at will; she is a Scion, a descendant of the ancient Orisha gods. But under the brutal rule of the Lucis, her identity means her death. Her mother knew as much. She disappeared trying to hide Sloane's truth. Sloane, too, has hidden her abilities, but on her fifteenth birthday, she is conscripted into the Lucis army. Once taken, Sloane must not only conceal her power but overcome the bloody challenges...
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Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Jude Maddox knows nothing of love or even light. He knows only his grim duty as the Hand of Death, to lead the Knights of the Eternal Star into a land filled with nightmares and certain demise. It's only when he sees her--a young woman with wild, amber eyes who's as fierce, defiant, and swift as the shadow beasts themselves--that he feels the warmth of life in his blood. The other Knights may fear their lethal commander, with his hard, merciless demeanor....
7) Son of a gun
Author
Publisher
Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Brother and sister eight-year-old Lucky and ten-year-old Nopi are kidnapped from school and forced to become child soldiers in Liberia's civil war. Even after they escape they wonder if the war will ever really be over for them.
Author
Series
Publisher
Ediciones B., S.A., para el sello Zeta Bolsillo
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
Español
Description
Parallel story to El juego de Ender [Ender's game]. An orphan named Bean is found on the streets of Amsterdam and taken to Battle School, where he becomes both friend and rival to Ender Wiggin.
9) Ender's game
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Series
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English
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Andrew "Ender" Wiggin thinks he is playing computer simulated war games; he is, in fact, engaged in something far more desperate. The result of genetic experimentation, Ender may be the military genius Earth desperately needs in a war against an alien enemy seeking to destroy all human life. The only way to find out is to throw Ender into ever harsher training, to chip away and find the diamond inside, or destroy him utterly. Ender Wiggin is six years...
Author
Series
Shadow saga volume 3
Publisher
B [de Bolsillo]
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
Español
Description
"Poco tiempo ha pasado desde que Bean entreg̤ a Aquiles a los chinos. Durante esta temporada ha estado trabajando junto a Peter, el Hegem̤n, con la ayuda de Petra y Suriyawong en el puesto de Estrategos. Pero todo cambia el d̕a que Peter decide alterar el curso de una misi̤n y Bean decide dimitir de su puesto y marcharse junto a Petra" -- wikipedia
As the nations of the earth attempt to control the children trained at Battle School, Peter Wiggin...
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