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At the Battle School, training focuses exclusively on war strategy, drawing children from all nations and backgrounds while dismissing cultural and religious differences—Santa Claus included. When a student quietly leaves a Sinterklaas Day gift for a friend, the act triggers a struggle of wills that confronts the staff and tests the School’s rigid principles.
First publish date: 2006
Genre: Science Fiction/Military Science Fiction
Authors: Orson Scott Card
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