Star Wars: The Acolyte: The Crystal Crown

An exciting adventure starring fan-favorite Jedi Padawans Jecki and Yord from the Disney+ live-action series, Star Wars: The Acolyte.

While their Jedi Masters clean up a political mess left behind by one of their own, Jedi Padawan Jecki and her least favorite fellow Padawan Yord are drawn into a planet-wide coming-of-age ritual as featured guests. But when things unexpectedly turn deadly, Jecki and Yord will have to use all of their abilities and work together to keep each other—and their new friends—safe.

This young adult novel is Star Wars meets The Hunger Games and offers fans of The Acolyte a chance to spend more time with two of their favorite characters from the show. "In the midst of the suspenseful, high-action competition, the characters grapple with questions of identity, relationships, belonging, and ambition. A tense and absorbing adventure." —Kirkus Reviews

"A perfect jumping-in point to the Star Wars canon, especially for ­reluctant readers." —School Library JournalTessa Gratton is genderfluid and hangry. She’s also the author of adult and YA SFF novels and short stories that have been translated into twenty-two languages. Her most recent novels are the dark queer fairy tales Strange Grace and Night Shine and the queer Shakespearean retelling Lady Hotspur. Her current work includes the YA fantasy Chaos and Flame (2023; with Justina Ireland) and novels in the Star Wars: The High Republic series. Though she has lived all over the world, she currently resides at the edge of the Kansas prairie with her wife. She/any.