There were a plethora of horribly boring and mundane books I was required to read in high school-- from "The Odyssey" by Homer to "A Tale of Two Cities" by Charles Dickens-- books that I was assigned to read in my English classes were very wordy, dry and unrelatable to the average high school student.

However, there were two books I enjoyed reading. The first, I enjoyed enough to finish but not to reread a plethora of times like the second book. The first book was "Candide" by Voltaire that had been translated from the original French. The second book was "Ender's Game" by Orson Scott Card.

"Ender's Game", the story of a young genius who is recruited to a program designed to train military officers in space, tackles many thought provoking topics such as compassion, humanity and ruthlessness. Ender, the book's protagonist, is torn away from his family and sent to what is a space boot camp where he is forced to participate in military tactic games after being placed on a team.

Meanwhile, back on Earth, Ender's two older siblings who were left behind on Earth (because Peter, the oldest, is too ruthless and lacks compassion while Valentine, the middle child, is too compassionate) are interfering in world affairs.

It is revealed that the whole reason Ender was taken away was to fight an unseen enemy and all the training Ender endured was to help defeat the enemy.

It may not seem like it but there were many themes such as feelings of inadequacy, bullying, and struggle with right and wrong that makes this book incredibly relatable for high school students and even college students.

So if you are looking for a good book to read, read this one!