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      Speaker for the Dead

      by Orson Scott Card
      Published
      Feb 1986
      Main Genre
      Space Opera Space Opera
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      382
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      Series
      Ender / Speaker Book 2
      Also Appears In
      Enderverse (chronologically) Book 7

      About This Book

      In the aftermath of his terrible war, Ender Wiggin disappeared, and a powerful voice arose: the Speaker for the Dead, who told the true story of the Bugger War.

      Now, long years later, a second alien race has been discovered, but again the aliens' ways are strange and frightening...again, humans die. And it is only the Speaker for the Dead, who is also Ender Wiggin the Xenocide, who has the courage to confront the mystery ... and the truth.

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      Genres & Themes

      Genres

      General Fiction Speculative Fiction

      Subgenres

      Science Fiction Space Opera

      Characters & Occupations

      Aliens

      Age Level

      Kids (12 & Under) Kids: Middle Grade

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