When Bobby begins a new school and endures sadistic cruelty at the hands of his new teachers, he is drawn away from his old friends and towards newcomer Daniel. From beginning to end, I was riveted by Will’s plight, with the author’s skilful use of imagery bringing to life the pain, sorrow and joy he experienced, while also painting a vivid picture of the era. King Henry stood for a moment to let us all gaze on his glory. His jewels flashed in the candlelight, his golden clothes shimmered as if they were made of the sun. He was the tallest man in the room, the biggest, proudest, fiercest man in Europe.

Unfortunately for us Lanik Meuller seems to operate with the our modern day moral structure and not his own. This is a consistency with Card though. The genius of Heinlein is that he creates elaborate places that have their own detailed and intense corresponding ethical structure. And even while doing so, he denies the existence of absolute moral relativism (see "Farnham's Freehold"). The genius of Asimov is that he was able to single-handedly define and expand the morality of robots and AI. The genius of Bradbury is to point out those human universalities that exist regardless of technology level. From all of the Card I have read (which is a lot) he never seems to care about these things. Planning for thirty 30 minute whole class reading sessions for Berlie Doherty’s Treason. Used with Y6 but would work with Year 5 or lower attaining year 7s.You know what, I skimmed over Saranna a lot. Let me just say this: I have NO IDEA what is so appealing about her other than she's pretty and supposedly loyal. But I think there's like three different cases where they're in Ku Kuei and he sees her having sex with people. A teaching PowerPoint with an introduction to the author, their other works and copies of the questions. It's been years since I last read this, but I remember it very fondly. While it has some flaws, it is a really fun adventure story of a young man discovering himself & his world. And what a world! It's a very cool concept that Card has come up with. Part of the fun of the book is discovering this, so I won't say more in my review, except that it is a really interesting look at fanaticism & the evolution of societies. A beautifully paced and measured story… Berlie Doherty manages to involve the reader completely in Will’s world. I'm not going to go through the entire story. Now I'm just going to go through a few parts of the book that I thought were really odd.

Armistice Day: A Collection of Remembrance - Spark Interest and Educate Children about Historical Moments This mission is only the beginning of the adventure for Lanik, who discovers the secrets of the most powerful nations and at the same time gains additional abilities to save his people and determine the fate of his planet. Yikes! I'm a fan of Orson Scott Card. He's easily my favorite author. He's often talked about as an egotistical jerk who you just shouldn't bother with. That, or he's just dismissed as crazy. (Thanks Hank Green. You really know how to make an argument on a hot-button issue.) I've had the pleasure of meeting him and he was just the sweetest guy imaginable. I've also read The Worthing Saga and The Folk of the Fringe and I thought they were absolutely phenomenal. He's made it very clear that he doesn't write "Mormon fiction". And in the cases when the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is brought up in his fiction, he's often quite satirical. This can be seen in the cases of Ender's mother, or Deaver Teague, and many others. I finally gave up. I’ve moved on, mostly. He does have some intriguing ideas that make me think about reading his books every once in awhile. (This happens when I read about Terry Brooks as well – though usually the desire to read his books is more of a “Hmm I wonder how that turned out?” which almost invariably has the answer “Huh? What? I wasn’t asleep.”) Now, there is definitely a point to the story. But-- and here genre fans will gasp in horror-- the point is not in the science fiction. Card is (I can only assume deliberately) playing extremely fast and loose with the consistency of the story, and with all of the realistic and scientific aspects. The point is character, and specifically (because this is a Card novel) one character, the hero, Lanik Mueller. As much as it has the trappings of science fiction, Treason really uses its setting more like fantasy or even magical realism, to explore Lanik's character and identity as he asks the questions, "who am I?" and "what kind of life should I live?".

I was reading this part while on a bus and a guy looked over my shoulder and got quite weirded out. Don't blame him. When I was a teenager I tried really hard to like Orson Scott Card’s books. I read Ender’s Game and loved it. I read Speaker for the Dead and was bored out of my mind. Then I read eight or ten of his other books and had a similar experience. Treason’, by Berlie Doherty, is a wonderful, well-written story and she once again succeeds in producing a book that, along with being entertaining, has much to offer younger readers in terms of learning about history.