Theresa Wiggin

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Theresa Wiggin is a fictional character from the Ender's Game series of novels by Orson Scott Card. She is the mother of Peter, Valentine and Ender Wiggin, and the wife of John Paul Wiggin.

She appeared in the novels Ender's Game, Shadow of the Hegemon, Shadow Puppets, and Shadow of the Giant and is a central character in a prequel to Ender's Game, the short story "Teacher's Pest". She was born Mormon, but was said to have renounced her religion because of the Hegemon. She actually was still religiously active. She prayed over the sleeping Ender when he was young. Since Ender was a Third, a child born third to the family, which was against International Fleet restrictions, Ender's mother prayed that Ender would be "chosen." Her original name was Theresa Brown and used to be a teacher of her husband, John Paul Wiggin.

She is a minor character in the Ender quartet but is given a much more prominent role in the Shadow Series. It is revealed in the Shadow series that she and her husband, John Paul, were fully aware of Peter Wiggin's actions as a teen and his work under the penname "Locke". The series also outlines in detail the struggles she experienced as the mother of three of the most brilliant minds on Earth.

Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game series
Battle School	Petra Arkanian  · Bean  · Han Tzu  · Alai  · Achilles de Flandres  · Ender's jeesh and other Battle School students
Ender's family	Ender Wiggin  · John Paul Wiggin  · Peter Wiggin  · Theresa Wiggin  · Valentine Wiggin
Other	Han Qing-jao  · Si Wang-mu  · Jane  · The Hive Queen  · International Fleet personnel
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