Customer Reviews

Secret Missions: Book 1: Breakout Squad (Star Wars: The Clone Wars)

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I have an 8 year old boy that loves all things clone troopers, and this book is no exception.

He reads books like Captain Underpants, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Stink and the A to Z mysteries, though he will still pick up the Spongebob books once in awhile too. He is in the second grade and his teacher tells me he is above grade level in his reading (I tend to believe her as she has him doing spelling words like anthropologist and sedimentary...). I think the key to encouraging his reading (other than his excellent teacher) has been to find books that he WANTS to read--so what if it's bathroom humor or unappealing to me, it's what appeals and encourages him that is important!

In this case, the books are interesting (hey I like the clone troopers too), have some challenging words and are enjoyable for him to read. As soon as my son realized there was more to the series he immediately asked me to buy them. Instant 5 star qualities and highly recommended!

JTG

We have a 7-year-old boy who just loved this book, so much so I'm going to run out and buy the next two in the series for him. He's fairly well-rounded, and as well as science fiction such as Pamela Service's Alien Agent series, he also loved Eoin Colfer's Legend of... series, Sir Farts a Lot, and more. He's just getting into Clone Wars, as we don't allow the kids to watch TV and we wanted to wait to show them the movies and animated series, as they're fairly graphic. The writing is clear, easily followed, and even our 9-year-old daughter enjoyed inhaling this one (she's w-aaaaaa-y past this reading level, but still picked it up and read it from cover-to-cover, in about 30 minutes). I'm going to research Windham and see what else the author has written, as I suspect it's all fairly good. A great read!