By Orson Scott Card
415 pages
Novinha, a girl living in the Lusitania colony, was a lonely girl. Her parents, Os Venerados, were killed by the Descolada, a horrible disease, just after they found a cure. Then she met Pipo and Libo, the Zenador and apprentice of the colony. She had finally found a family, until Pipo was killed by the piggies, an alien species the Zenador, Pipo, was studying. Novinha was in shock, and so she called for a speaker for the dead.
This book was very good, although it has been called intense, and I recommend it to anyone who read Enders Game.