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Star Wars Episode IV A New Hope Vol.2

Hans Solo and his first mate Chewbacca, hired by Obi-Wan Kenobi and Luke Skywalker to take them to Princess Leia, recently apprehended by Darth Vader.  Princess Leia is transporting the Emperor’s secret plans for the Death Star to rebel leaders.  Content and vocabulary target an older audience (Grades 4 and 5), when in fact the Star Wars fans at my school hover around the first and second grades.  Illustrations of characters resemble the movie actors which is helpful to the comprehension in moving the plot forward.  Sophisticated language is used which makes this not necessarily a selection for reluctant or struggling readers.  The detailed illustrations can clutter the page at times, therefore the reader requires a more familiarity with graphic novels and dialogue format in order to navigate through the text.  Some comic violence appears in the form of generic gun zapping.  Best that this title is a hardback, as multiple circulations are predicted even with the described drawbacks.