George Lucas
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c1976
Description
Bold, imaginative and packed with excitement, STAR WARS is destined to become a classic in the genre. This is the novel that brings that "sense of wonder" back to science fiction--each page brimming with heroic adventure, unexpected marvels and amazing characters like... Luke Skywalker, a young farmboy on the remote, sun-baked world of Tatooine, who is compelled to break from the dull chores on his uncle's ranch. When he intercepts a cryptic message...
Author
Series
Star Wars novels. Film novelizations volume 7
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Description
"Luke Skywalker has vanished. In his absence, the sinister First Order has risen from the ashes of the Empire and will not rest until Skywalker, the last Jedi, has been destroyed. ... Leia has sent her most daring pilot on a secret mission to Jakku, where an old ally has discovered a clue to Luke's whereabouts. ..."--[Page 5].
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William Shakespeare's Star Wars volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 4
Description
A retelling of Star wars in the style of Shakespeare, in which a wise Jedi knight, an evil Sith lord, a beautiful captive princess, and a young hero coming of age reflect the valor and villainy of the Bard's greatest plays.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2010
Description
Anakin Skywalker poses as a long-lost native of Lanteeb in order to uncover why the Separatist Alliance has taken interest in the remote planet and soon discovers a scientist has been enslaved by General Lok Durd to use the planet's one natural resource to create a devastating biological weapon.
Series
Indiana Jones volume 2
Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
Indiana Jones, his sidekick Short Round, and nightclub singer Willie Scott go from high-flying action above the Himalayas to a nail-biting runaway mine car chase and finally a spine-tingling escape from a fortress-like mine in India while on the trail of a sacred stone.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2000, c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 14
Description
The official novel based on the movie, this book features an expanded story line. The Jedi Knight Qui-Gon Jinn and his apprentice, Obi-Wan Kenobi, are charged with protecting Amidala, the young Queen of Naboo, as she seeks to end the siege of her planet by Trade Federation warships. The quest introduces them to a slave boy who has extraordinary instincts.
Author
Series
Star Wars novels. Film novelizations volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 19
Formats
Description
"After years of civil war, the Separatists have battered the already faltering Republic nearly to the point of collapse. On Coruscant, the Senate watches anxiously as Supreme Chancellor Palpatine aggressively strips away more and more constitutional liberties in the name of safeguarding the Republic. Yoda, Mace Windu, and their fellow Masters grapple with the Chancellor's disturbing move to assume control of the Jedi Council. And Anakin Skywalker,...
