Star Wars: The High Republic Quest for the Hidden City

What a great read. It was geared toward younger readers, but written intelligently and skillfully.George Mann is a favorite author of mine and he didn’t disappoint in this book.It proves that Star Wars has many rich and meaningful characters and can tell fantastic stories that don’t include the Skywalker family.He’s set the bar high for future books in this series.Highly recommend.

La historia mantiene bien la tensión y desvela la información en las dosis necesarias sin atiborrar al lector en una historia que nos enseña a los jedi en un contexto de exploración como aventureros de lo desconocido.

A very good book, this book runs alongside Convergence in another part of the frontier. Great new characters. One of the things I liked was having the Jedi in action as well as using their lightsabers as a weapon and delivering the killing stroke.While the Forever War is still going on other planets on the frontier have their own problem and some of them want/need the Republic's help. However, when the Republic finds answers they might not like what was found.A very good continuation of Phase 2 (set before Phase 1), of the High Republic books. Again great new characters, a bit of a slow start to the book, but an action-packed end to the book. I look to seeing what is next for these characters and High Republic in general.

Amazing story.

*ARC reader - thanks Disney Books!*From my review for Dork Side of the Force:A wrecked droid floating in space. A missing Pathfinder team. A mysterious world haunted by mythic monsters. Those are the key elements of Star Wars: Quest for the Hidden City, the next middle-grade novel in The High Republic’s second phase of storytelling.Arriving on Nov. 1, it’s the perfect quick Star Wars read to keep the spooky season going. But at its core, Quest for the Hidden City by George Mann is about teamwork, community, and keeping hope through immense hardship — all told through the eyes of young people.This Star Wars story is also good old-fashioned fun. Its pacing and action-packed adventure make it a breeze to fly through the book’s 240 pages. And it feels very much like a George Mann story — packed with intriguing lore like his in-universe Myths & Fables books.What Quest for the Hidden City does the best is encapsulate the key elements of The High Republic’s era of exploration. In this book, we get a better read on what makes the Pathfinding teams tick, how previously uncontacted worlds feel about the Jedi, and the possibility of joining the Republic.Quest for the Hidden City also pushes the boundaries of what’s normally considered a middle-grade or junior novel, but in the best way. This book would be perfect for Goosebumps or scary movie-loving kids, as it leans farther into more horror elements than previous middle-grade Star Wars books.And while the middle-grade novels aren’t essential to understanding the larger arc of The High Republic, it would be a shame to skip these rich, loveable character-filled stories.Mann has created one of the best books for younger readers of The High Republic. And I can’t wait to see Dass, Rooper, and Silandra again, as well as more George Mann-crafted Star Wars horror.