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EAN: 9780425169520 ISBN: 0425169529 Label: Berkley Manufacturer: Berkley Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 240 Publication Date: March 15, 1999 Publisher: Berkley Reading Level: Young Adult Studio: Berkley Editorial Review: Product Description: Setting off to the devastated Alderaan system in the hopes of salvaging a piece of the lost planet for their mother, twins Jacen and Jaina are surprised when a long-believed-dead enemy of their family returns for revenge. Original. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Things never go smoothly when you're a JediJedi twins Jacen and Jaina, children of Leia Organa and Han Solo, are working with their fellow Jedi Academy students on repairs as the story opens. The academy has suffered heavy damage in a recent battle with the Dark Side. Eventually, though, the twins have a chance to set off on a shake-down cruise when their classmate Tenel Ka is given her own ship by her royal grandmother. Jacen and Jaina know exactly where they want to go: to the debris field that's the remains of Alderaan, their mother's ... Read More Rating:  - Pensive, atmospheric...eventually trails off into repetitionThe Young Jedi Knights books come in exactly two flavors: there are the wild adventures that lose emotional impact by virtue of their undisciplined exuberance...and then there are the slower books with more emotion and less story. SHARDS OF ALDERAAN falls squarely into the second category. Despite its lack of narrative direction, it's one of the most memorable of all the Y.J.K. books. The plot is slow but never dull: its languor is a result of emotional sensitivity rather than lack ... Read More Rating:  - Happy Birthday Luke! Your Family May Have Forgetten But I didn't!Not a very exciting book Jacen and Jaina are off trying to find a birthday present for Leia by heading towards the ah..remains of Alderaan. At first I was thrilled this was the first time I've read a Star Wars book that's celebrating Leia's birthday but what about Luke? Their uncle, their master and Leia's twin brother. Its his birthday too. How could Jaina and Jacen forget? The twin part makes it easy to remember. Doesn't he deserve a birthday present too? A party? Something that acknowledged ... Read More Rating: - A little too much of a cliff hanger.This was an ok read overall. It was, as the others in this series, a quick read. With this being a set up for five book story arc it was a little uneventful. The knights did get to tangle with a notorious bounty hunter, Boba Fett. He's on the cover so that was pretty apparent. The characters and plots are begining to get a bit repetitive, I hope when I'm able to find a copy of the following books they will improve. Rating:  - Young Jedi, An Old DissapointmentPoorly written, a quick read..Overall the book seemed a bit rushed for my liking developing only a bit of the character relations. Also what about lukes birthday? Seems kinda odd not to celebrate the masters birthday. The book near the ending picked up abit, but it seemed the young jedi were always saved, or the luckiest people in the star wards universe, seemed like an amatuer right the battle script, so excited and not knowing where to end it. |
