[Rbneader]

I think it's a fine book to read at 11 or so. Gifted kids in particular are usually ready for things earlier than adults think, and even regular 6th graders figure out moral ambiguity and needing to think for themselves. It's a great tool for sparking important conversations and laying groundwork before they get wrapped up in middle school.

I read it first at age 10, and a lot of the themes really resonated. I think it's one of the few books that does intelligent children with any kind of accuracy, and as a gifted kid that was very important to me. I was ready for a lot of things that other kids my age weren't and the typical kids books were very frustrating and childish to me.

Ender's Game is an intelligent kids' book, and lots of kids read it when they start figuring out that morality can be ambiguous and they need to start thinking for themselves. It's important to talk about all the books kids read, so just make sure to talk about this one when you and your kids start sharing recent books read.