This recommendation is "Ender's Game" by Orson Scott Card.
It is the first of a four-part science fiction series (he has later added one more novel and a couple short stories). I will first say that it does have some crude language, but besides that it is a very good book. It is centered around a young boy's internal conflict on what is morally right as he is asked to fight in a war against an alien species. It is a good read. It has the science fiction aspect along with thought-provoking moments. Orson Scott Card continues these two aspects throughout the rest of his series. The reason why I recommend this book is because of the thought-provoking moments this novel contains.
The title at the beginning of the post will take you to the goodreads.com page for this novel.
A summary of this book:
In order to develop a
secure defense against a hostile alien race's next attack, government
agencies breed child geniuses and train them as soldiers. A brilliant
young boy, Andrew "Ender" Wiggin lives with his kind but distant
parents, his sadistic brother Peter, and the person he loves more than
anyone else, his sister Valentine. Peter and Valentine were candidates
for the soldier-training program but didn't make the cut—young Ender is
the Wiggin drafted to the orbiting Battle School for rigorous military
training.
Ender's skills make him a leader in school and respected in the Battle Room, where children play at mock battles in zero gravity. Yet growing up in an artificial community of young soldiers Ender suffers greatly from isolation, rivalry from his peers, pressure from the adult teachers, and an unsettling fear of the alien invaders. His psychological battles include loneliness, fear that he is becoming like the cruel brother he remembers, and fanning the flames of devotion to his beloved sister.
Is Ender the general Earth needs? But Ender is not the only result of the genetic experiments. The war with the Buggers has been raging for a hundred years, and the quest for the perfect general has been underway for almost as long. Ender's two older siblings are every bit as unusual as he is, but in very different ways. Between the three of them lie the abilities to remake a world. If, that is, the world survives.
Ender's Game is the winner of the 1985 Nebula Award for Best Novel and the 1986 Hugo Award for Best Novel
Ender's skills make him a leader in school and respected in the Battle Room, where children play at mock battles in zero gravity. Yet growing up in an artificial community of young soldiers Ender suffers greatly from isolation, rivalry from his peers, pressure from the adult teachers, and an unsettling fear of the alien invaders. His psychological battles include loneliness, fear that he is becoming like the cruel brother he remembers, and fanning the flames of devotion to his beloved sister.
Is Ender the general Earth needs? But Ender is not the only result of the genetic experiments. The war with the Buggers has been raging for a hundred years, and the quest for the perfect general has been underway for almost as long. Ender's two older siblings are every bit as unusual as he is, but in very different ways. Between the three of them lie the abilities to remake a world. If, that is, the world survives.
Ender's Game is the winner of the 1985 Nebula Award for Best Novel and the 1986 Hugo Award for Best Novel
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