Star Wars: The Last Order

Ages 12 And Up, Grades 7 And Up

New York Times best-selling author Kwame Mbalia makes his Star Wars debut with this exciting YA novel!

Following the end of  Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker,  the Resistance rescues a ship full of young passengers who had been kidnapped by the First Order. As Finn and Jannah set out to find the First Order officer responsible before he can endanger any more children, the two former stormtroopers  must wrestle with their  own complicated pasts  as soldiers of the oppressive regime. 

Take a deep dive into the pasts of popular characters Finn and Jannah in this richly-drawn, action-packed story that fans have been asking for.

Story Locale:Space

About the Author

Kwame Mbalia is a husband, father, and New York Times bestselling author of the Tristan Strong series, for which he received a Coretta Scott King Author Honor award for Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky. Kwame also cowrote Last Gate of the Emperor with Prince Joel Makonnen and edited the instant New York Times best seller Black Boy Joy: 17 Stories Celebrating Black Boyhood. Kwame lives with his wife and children near Raleigh, North Carolina, where he is currently working on several projects—including a new middle-grade series—and cultivating cutting edge dad jokes.

Author Residence: Raleigh, NC