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There really is one for every occasion.

The fairly magic particles in Xenocide are based on Mormon theology, so if that's not compelling to you, the exposition of same in CotM is going to be pretty boring.

The moral philosophy espoused throughout the series, namely, the primacy of intention, is heavily influenced by OSC's Mormonism. At least, that's what I remember reading in an interview. I am by no means an expert on Mormonism, so I would defer to anyone better informed than I on that matter.

That's really compelling to me as a Mormon. I'll have to go back and read them and look for the parallels.

The aiua? Do you think so? I thought they were just a science fiction way of talking about the soul. Mormons do believe in souls, I'll grant, but they hardly own the concept.

I did quite like Ender's Shadow.

The rest of the Shadow books weren't as bad as Children of the Mind, but they did seems to just follow a formula.