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Children of the Fleet
Cover by John Harris^[1]
Author	Orson Scott Card
Country	United States
Language	English
Series	Ender's Game, Fleet School
Genre	Science fiction
Publisher	Tor Books
Publication date	October 10, 2017
Media type	Print (Hardcover, Ebook)
Pages	304
ISBN	0-7653-7704-7

Children of the Fleet is a science fiction novel by American writer Orson Scott Card. The title of the novel (and the series Fleet School) was announced by the author on 12 November 2015,^[2] and it was released on October 10, 2017.^[3]

Synopsis

Short Stories

Novels

Comics

Audioplay

Film

First Meetings
(in the Enderverse)
(2002 (2003))

Ender's Game



Investment Counselor



The Polish Boy



Teacher's Pest

Formic Wars: Burning Earth (2011)



Formic Wars: Silent Strike (2012)

First Formic
War Trilogy

Earth Unaware (2012)



Earth Afire (2013)



Earth Awakens (2014)

War of Gifts
(2010)

Mazer in Prison



Recruiting Valentine



The League War



War of Gifts

OSCs InterGalactic
Medicine Show
(2008)

Mazer in Prison



Cheater



Pretty Boy



A Young Man with Prospects

Second Formic
War Trilogy

The Swarm (2016)



The Hive (2019)



The Queens (TBA)

Mazer in Prison (2005)

Mazer in Prison (2010)

The Polish Boy (2002)

Cheater (2006)

Pretty Boy (2006)

Teacher's Pest (2003)

Ender's Shadow
(1999)

^{[note 1]}

Ender's Shadow:

Battle School (2009)



Command School (2010)

Ultimate collection (2012)

Ender's Game Alive (2013)



Recruiting Valentine (2009)



The League War (2010)

Ender's Game
(1977)

Ender's Game
(1985)

^{[note 1]}

Ender's Game:

Battle School (2009)



Command School (2010)

Ultimate collection (2012)

Ender's Game
(2013)

Ender's Stocking (2007)



A War of Gifts (2007)

^{[note 1]}



War of Gifts (2009)

The Shadow Trilogy

^{[note 2]}^{[note 3]}

Shadow of the Hegemon (2001)



Shadow Puppets (2002)



Shadow of the Giant (2005)

Ender's Homecoming (2008)

A Young Man with Prospects (2007)

Ender in Flight (2008)

The Gold Bug (2007)

Ender in Exile (2008)

^{[note 2]}

Ender in Exile (2011)



Gold Bug (2010)

Fleet School

^{[note 4]}

Children of the Fleet (2017)



... (TBC)

Governor Wiggin (2017)

Investment Counselor (1999)

Renegat (2017)

Shadows in Flight (2012)



Speaker for the Dead (2011)



Gloriously Bright (1991)

The Speaker Trilogy

^{[note 3]}

Speaker for the Dead (1986)



Xenocide (1991)



Children of the Mind (1996)

Messenger (2018)

The Last Shadow (2021)

^ ^a ^b ^c The events of Ender's Game, Ender's Shadow and A War of Gifts take place in roughly the same time period.
The events of A War of Gifts only take place during the time at Battle School).
^ ^a ^b The events of Ender in Exile and the Shadow Trilogy take place in roughly the same time period.
- First part of Ender in Exile (2/3) takes place during the Shadow Trilogy.
- Last part of Ender in Exile (1/3) takes places after Shadow of the Giant.
^ ^a ^b Note on the following (maybe not yet so common) Trilogies:
"Speaker Trilogy": Original set of sequels to Ender's Game, also referred to as:
- "Ender Quartet" (Ender's Game combined with "Speaker Trilogy"), also referred to as:
- "Ender Quintet" ("Ender Quartet" combined with Ender in Exile).
"Shadow Trilogy": Original set of sequels to Ender's Shadow, also referred to as:
- "Bean Quartet"/"Shadow Quartet" (Ender's Shadow combined with "Shadow Trilogy"), also referred to as:
- "Bean Quintet"/"Shadow Quintet" ("Bean Quartet" combined with Shadows in Flight), could be referred to as:
- "Bean Sextet"/"Shadow Sextet" ("Bean Quintet" combined with The Last Shadow)
^ Title is also mentioned in regard to a possible sequel for the film.

The series is set after Ender's Game and is set in Battle School, which has been renamed to Fleet School, a school run by Hyrum Graff where kids learn how to become commanders of the colonies they will lead and form on other planets. The protagonist and lead character is 10-year-old Dabeet Ochoa.^[4]^[5]

Potential film

Gavin Hood, director of the Ender's Game film, stated that if a sequel were to happen it could potentially be the first book in the Fleet School series, Children of the Fleet.^[6]^[7] There are currently no plans for a sequel.

Reception

The book received positive reviews by Deseret News,^[8] Publishers Weekly,^[9] RT Book Reviews^[10] and Den of Geek.^[11] Forbes called it "Orson Scott Card's best since Ender's Game".^[12]

References

^ "Exclusive Cover Reveal: Children of the Fleet by Orson Scott Card" by Joel Cunningham, Barnes & Noble blog, January 20, 2017
^ Orson Scott Card [@orsonscottcard] (12 November 2015). "Shockingly, my first Children of the Fleet novel, Fleet School, starts with a really bright kid leaving home for an elite school in space" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
^ Card, Orson Scott (10 October 2017). Children of the Fleet (Fleet School). ISBN 978-0765377043.
^ "Upcoming Enderverse Stories". philoticweb.net.
^ Card, Orson Scott (10 October 2017). Children of the Fleet (Fleet School). ISBN 978-0765377043.
^ "'Ender's Game' Director Talks Potential Sequel Based on Upcoming 'Fleet School' Book". Screen Rant. 4 November 2013.
^ "'Ender's Game' Director Says New Orson Scott Card Novel May Power a Film Sequel". /Film. 4 November 2013.
^ "Book review: Orson Scott Card returns to the world of 'Ender's Game' in satisfying new book" by Michael Collings, Deseret News, October 10, 2017
^ "Children of the Fleet", Publishers Weekly
^ "Children of the Fleet" by Kerry Sutherland, RT Book Reviews
^ "Children of the Fleet Continues the Ender’s Game Tradition", by Michael Ahr, Den of Geek, Oct 9, 2017
^ "Children of the Fleet: Orson Scott Card's Best Since Ender's Game". Forbes.

Works by Orson Scott Card

Ender's Game series

Books

Ender Series	Ender's Game (1985) Speaker for the Dead (1986) Xenocide (1991) Children of the Mind (1996) Ender in Exile (2008)
Shadow Saga	Ender's Shadow (1999) Shadow of the Hegemon (2001) Shadow Puppets (2002) Shadow of the Giant (2005) Shadows in Flight (2012) The Last Shadow (2021)
Formic Wars	Earth Unaware (2012) Earth Afire (2013) Earth Awakens (2014) The Swarm (2016) The Hive (2019) The Queens (TBA)
First Meetings (2002) A War of Gifts: An Ender Story (2007) Children of the Fleet (2017)

Short stories

Other media

Comics
Film

Characters

The Tales of Alvin Maker
Books	Seventh Son (1987) Red Prophet (1988) Prentice Alvin (1989) Alvin Journeyman (1995) Heartfire (1998) The Crystal City (2003)
Other media	"Prentice Alvin and the No-Good Plow" (poem, 1989) Red Prophet: The Tales of Alvin Maker (comic book, 2006)

The Worthing series
Books	Capitol (1979) Hot Sleep (1979) The Worthing Chronicle (1983) The Worthing Saga (1990)

Other works
Homecoming Saga	The Memory of Earth (1992) The Call of Earth (1992) The Ships of Earth (1994) Earthfall (1995) Earthborn (1995)
Women of Genesis	Sarah (2000) Rebekah (2001) Rachel and Leah (2004) The Wives of Israel (TBA)
Mithermages series	Sandmagic (1979) Stonefather (2008) The Lost Gate (2011) The Gate Thief (2013) Gatefather (2015)
Mayflower series	Lovelock (1994) Rasputin (TBA)
The Empire duet	Empire (2006) Hidden Empire (2009)
The Pathfinder series	Pathfinder (2010) Ruins (2012) Visitors (2014)
Standalone novels	A Planet Called Treason (1979) Songmaster (1980) Hart's Hope (1983) Saints (1984) Wyrms (1987) Treason (1988) The Abyss (1989) Lost Boys (1992) Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus (1996) Treasure Box (1996) Stone Tables (1997) Homebody (1998) Enchantment (1999) Magic Street (2005) Invasive Procedures (2007) Bully and the Beast (TBA)
Story collections	Unaccompanied Sonata and Other Stories (1980) Cardography (1987) The Folk of the Fringe (1989) Maps in a Mirror (1990) Keeper of Dreams (2008)
Other works	Listen, Mom and Dad (1977) Ainge (1981) Saintspeak (1981) Eye for Eye (1987) Loom (1990) The Secret of Monkey Island (1990) The Dig (1995) NeoHunter (1996) Magic Mirror (1999) Robota (2003) An Open Book (2004) Ultimate Iron Man (2005) Advent Rising (2005) InterGalactic Medicine Show (2005) Hamlet's Father (2011) Firefall (2014)

Synopsis

Potential film

Reception

See also

References