Speaker for the Dead (Ender Quartet 2) by Orson Scott Card

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In the aftermath of his terrible war, Ender Wiggin disappeared, and a powerful voice arose: The Speaker for the Dead, who told the true story of the Bugger War. Now, long years later, a second alien race has been discovered, but again the aliens' ways are strange and frightening...again,... read more

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Cast of Characters

Andrew Wiggin: A Speaker for the Dead who is the brother of Valentine Wiggin.
Miro: Marcos Vladimir Ribeira von Hesse is a xenologer who is living in the Lusitania Colony. He is brother to Ela, Quim, Grego, Olhado, and Quara.
Novinha: Ivanova Santa Catarina von Hesse is the daughter of the infamous xenobiologists who cured the Descolada viruse on Lusitania.
Ela: Ekaterina Elanora Ribeira von Hesse is a xenobiologist.
Quim: Estevão Rei is a citizen of the Lusitania Colony, he is a strong believer in the church and is Ela's brother.
Olhado: Lauro Suleimão is a boy living in the Lusitania Colony. Due to an accident, he lost his eyes and is currently using a pair of electronic eyes to get around. He is the Brother of Ela, Quim, and Grego.
Jane: A computer with human personalities who is a good friend with Andrew Wiggin.
Ouanda: Ouanda Quenhatta Figueira Mucumbi, the daughter of Libo, is a Xenologer who works alongside Miro.
Bosquinha: Faria Lima Maria do Bosque is the Governor of the Lusitania Colony and legal guardian to Novinha since her parents death.
Peregrino: Armão Cebola is the Bishop of the Lusitania Colony.
Grego: Gerão Gregorio is a boy living in the Lusitania Colony. He is Ela's and Quim's brother.
Quara: Lembrança das Milagres de Jesus is a girl living in the Lusitania Colony who is the sister of Ela, Quim, Olhado, and Grego.
Human: A pequeninos who is friends with Miro and Ouanda.
Dona Cristã: Detestai o Pecado e Fazei o Direito Cristã (Abhor sin and do the right thing) is with the order of the Filhos da Mente de Cristo (Children of the Mind of Christ). She is married to Dom Cristão.
Dom Cristão: Amai a Tudomundo Para Que Deus vos Ame Cristão is a member of the Filhos da Mente de Cristo (Children of the Mind of Christ). He is married to Dona Cristã.
Leaf-eater: A pequeninos who is friends with Miro and Ouanda.
Mandachuva: A pequeninos who is friends with Miro and Ouanda.
Arrow: A pequeninos who is friends with Miro and Ouanda.
Navio: A Doctor living in the Lusitania Colony.
Cups: A pequeninos who is friends with Miro and Ouanda.
Libo: Liberdade Graças a Deus Figueira de Medici is a Xenologer living in Lusitania and is the son of Pipo.
Plikt: A student living in Trondheim.
Valentine Wiggin: Sometimes referred to as 'Val', she is Andrew Wiggin's sister, and a teacher in Trondheim.
Calendar: A pequeninos who is friends with Miro and Ouanda.
Pipo: João figueira Alvarez is a Xenologer living in Lusitania and is the father of Libo.
Rooter: One of the most difficult and the most helpful pequeninos.
Styrka: A student in Trondheim.
Marcão: Marcos Maria Ribeira is a citizen of the Lusitania Colony who works in the steel mines.
Esquecimento: A Sister of the church in the Lusitania Colony.
Bruxinha: Libo's wife and Ouanda's mother.
Shouter: A pequeninos wife.

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Memorable Quotes

“Since we are not yet fully comfortable with the idea that people from the next village are as human as ourselves, it is presumptuous in the extreme to suppose we could ever look at sociable, tool-making creatures who arose from other evolutionary paths and see not beasts but brothers, not rivals but fellow pilgrims journeying to the shrine of intelligence. Yet that is what I see, or yearn to see. The difference between raman and varelse is not in the creature judged, but in the creature judging. When we declare an alien species to be raman, it does not mean that they have passed a threshold of moral maturity. It means that we have.”
Demosthenes
“...touching her heart is like bathing in ice.” “I imagine. I imagine it feels like bathing in ice to the person touching her. But how does it feel to her? Cold as she is, it must surely burn like fire.”
“She's a much more popular teacher than you are--she answers questions with answers; you just answer with more questions.”
Plikt
“No human being, when you understand his desires, is worthless. No one's life is nothing. Even the most evil of men and women, if you understand their hearts, had some generous act that redeems them, at least a little, from their sin.”
Andrew Wiggin
“Will he always come between us?” “Yes,” said Ela. “Like a bridge he'll come between us, not a wall.”

First Sentence

Rooter was at once the most difficult and the most helpful of the pequeninos.

1. Pipo
2. Trondheim
3. Libo
4. Ender
5. Valentine
6. Olhado
7. The Ribeira House
8. Dona Ivanova
9. Congenital Defect
10. Children of the Mind
11. Jane
12. Files
13. Ela
14. Renegades
15. Speaking
16. The Fence
17. The Wives
18. The Hive Queen