Star Wars: Junior Jedi Knights (#3): Promises

I thought this was a great book, partly because it at last told about Tahiri's past, which was something I'd been wondering about for a while, but also because it told about Anakin and Tahiri's friendship and how they work together through the force. This was not my absolute favorite in the series (that loses by a hair to Lyric's World) but it was definitly the best written. This book, and the rest of the series is best for children twelve and under, though anyone could read it and enjoy it. I read these books aloud to my mom and my little brother and he liked them so much he went and bought his own set.

"Promises" is about Tahiri's long forgotten past. It's worth buying (hint, hint).I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 because in the previous books, Tahiri seems like a happy, normal girl who talks a lot. There is no suspense--or anything at all--that makes the reader want to know anything personal about her. In the beginning, the author should have let Tahiri have lines like,"I wonder what happened to my parents," or something like that. Because of the lack of suspense on this subject in the previous books, the author makes this story seem like it was merely "thrown in" with the series. Tahiri's past hasn't much to do about solving the Golden Globe (that's what the series is about, isn't it?). Despite these little flaws, "Promises" itself was a book worth buying.

This book is very interesting. I like it because Anakin and Tahiri are stuck in the middle of the desert.

The book is about Tahari learning from the Tuskan raiders what happened to her parents - how they died, and whether it was on purpose or by accident. I gave this 4 stars because it was not as good as Leric's World but I thought it was better than The Golden Globe - that was 2 stars