Against the Empire

Format:

Book

Title:

Against the Empire

Author:

Watson, Jude.

ISBN:

9780439681414

9781435222175

9781428756748

Publication Information:

Physical Description:

146 pages ; 20 cm

Series title(s):

Star wars, last of the Jedi ;

Number in series:

#8.

Summary:

"As the Empire's power grows, rebels face a choice: Give in ... or fight. Some form pockets of resistance on battleground planets. Some go undercover, trying to fight the Empire from within. And others watch and wait. For Ferus Olin, hatred of the Empire is personal, the things that have been closest to him have been destroyed. The Jedi Order he once belonged to has been decimated. And the future isn't looking much brighter ... Unless a true rebellion can be born."--Page 4 of cover

Program Information:

Accelerated Reader Grades 5-8 4.7 4 Quiz 117245 English fiction.

Subject(s):

Extraterrestrial beings -- Juvenile fiction.

Interplanetary voyages -- Juvenile fiction.

Olin, Ferus (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.

Voyages and travels -- Fiction.

Extraterrestrial beings -- Fiction.

Genre:

Holds:

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Library	Call Number	Status
Searching... Newberg Public Library	J FICTION STAR WARS	Searching... Unknown

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Summary

As the Empire solidifies its power and stifles all dissent, former Jedi apprentice Ferus Olin must stay undercover and begin to lay the foundations for the Empire's eventual overthrow. His major rival? None other than Darth Vader.

Author Notes

Judy Blundell, pseudonym Jude Watson, is an American author of books for middle grade, young adult, and adult readers. Jude Watson is primarily known as the author of Star Wars books. Writing for the Star Wars franchise she works with editors from LucasBooks as well as Scholastic. Her debut came when LucasBooks recruited her to write the Star Wars Journal Captive to Evil by Princess Leia Organa, published by Scholastic in 1998. Beside the journals of Princess Leia, Queen Amidala (1999), and Darth Maul (1999), Watson is the author of three series that comprise about forty books: Jedi Apprentice (except for the first book), Jedi Quest, and The Last of the Jedi. She is also a co-author with K. D. Burkett in the Star Wars: Science Adventures series. Her other books include the romance series Brides of Wildcat County, the parapsychic science fictions Premonitions and Disappearance, and three books in the 39 Clues mystery adventure series.

She won the annual National Book Award for Young People's Literature in 2008 for the young-adult novel What I Saw and How I Lied, published under her real name by Scholastic Books. In 2013 she made The New York Times Best Seller List for her title Nowhere to Run.

(Bowker Author Biography)