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Battle School · during Ender's years at Battle School

A War of Gifts

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A fight over Christmas at Battle School

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Not required. It's left out of the main story but is part of the full chronological order.

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Quick recap

Official premise: Christmas at Battle School, during Ender's time there. The school bans any religious observance, but some students decide to exchange gifts anyway, and the fight reaches the commanders. At the center is Zeck Morgan, a preacher's son and committed pacifist, an antihero who turns the gift war into a serious problem. The novella also shows Muslim students reacting to the celebrations, a seed of what the graduates would do on Earth years later.

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What changed on screen

  1. Behind the scenesIt began in a webzine

    The chapter "Ender's Stocking" first ran in October 2007 as the opening of a story in InterGalactic Medicine Show, Card's own webzine.

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  2. Behind the scenesA shorter cut in an anthology

    A slightly abridged version, titled The War of Gifts, appeared in the 2016 anthology Decision Points.

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