Laddertop Volume 1

An original science fiction manga by the bestselling author of Ender's Game, Orson Scott Card, and his daughter, Emily Janice Card

Twenty-five years ago, the alien Givers came to Earth. They gave the human race the greatest technology ever seen-- four giant towers known as Ladders that rise 36,000 miles into space and culminate in space stations that power the entire planet. Then, for reasons unknown, the Givers disappeared. Due to the unique alien construction of the Laddertop space stations, only a skilled crew of children can perform the maintenance necessary to keep the stations up and running.

Back on Earth, competition is fierce to enter Laddertop Academy. It is an honor few students will achieve. Robbi and Azure, two eleven-year-old girls who are the best of friends, are candidates for the Academy. They will become entangled in a dangerous mystery that may help them solve the riddle of the Givers...if it doesn't destroy the Earth first

Author: Orson Scott Card, Emily Janice Card
Publisher: Seven Seas Entertainment
Published: 09/27/2011
Pages: 192
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.46lbs
Size: 7.47h x 5.05w x 0.54d
ISBN: 9780765324603

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 2.8
Point Value: 1
Interest Level: Middle Grade Plus
Quiz #/Name: 148860 / Laddertop


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 04/15/2011
Publishers Weekly 08/01/2011
Library Journal 11/15/2011 pg. 58
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 01/01/2012
School Library Journal 01/01/2012 pg. 144

About the Author

Orson Scott Card is the author of the bestselling Ender's Universe series and its spinoffs. Ender's Game and Speaker for the Dead both won Hugo and Nebula Awards, making Card the only author to win these two top prizes in consecutive years. Card has also written the fantasy Tales of Alvin Maker and Mither Mages series. Card has written many other stand-alone science fiction and fantasy novels, as well as movie tie-ins and games, and publishes an internet-based science fiction and fantasy magazine, Orson Scott Card's Intergalactic Medicine Show.

Emily Janice Card has read a number of audiobooks, including Card's Ender in Exile and Ben Bova's The Aftermath. Card is an actor on stage and screen, a singer, and a writer. She also adapted and starred in the play A Sepulcher of Songs, based on a short story Orson Scott Card.

Honoel A. Ibardolaza is an award-winning illustrator of children's books and manga, including The Greediest of Rajahs and the Whitest of Clouds. He lives in the Philippines.

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