I normally don’t read middle grade books but I have been keeping up with all The High Republic stories and so I did read A Test of Courage and enjoyed it enough to make me want to get this one as well.I have heard this book is more enjoyable if you are familiar with the High Republic Adventure comics which unfortunately, I have not read yet, but I still enjoyed the story. I did finish The Rising Storm by Cavan Scott before starting this one as I knew they would both be connected and contain spoilers for the other. Much like The Rising Storm this book is pretty fast paced. We are introduced to a character named Ram Jomaram and he is a Jedi padawan from the planet Valo where the Republic Fair is being held and later attacked. The character has a droid companion called V-18. The relationship between Ram and his droid is very funny at times and especially when they get into trouble the dialogue between the two is very entertaining. I can’t imagine a kid grabbing this book and not have fun reading it.I was also very surprised at how much this book is connected to The Rising Storm, the adult novel. I expected the book to have some characters be referenced, but I didn’t expect them to make appearances throughout the book like they did.I did find the ending confrontation between the kids and the Drengir to be a bit silly but that is most likely because the book was written for a younger audience. I will say I believe this book was written for an even younger audience than A Test of Courage. Daniel does explore some pretty interesting themes in this book that I think a young audience can comprehend and come out at the other end feeling like they learned something. DJO has a very funny way of writing his books and I think that suits the middle grade books very well. He spells names differently often which is actually done often in a lot of Star Wars books. The only reason I bring this up is because I have seen some complaints of his book “Last Shot” that point this out. I have read plenty of SW books to know names, especially droid names are often spelled differently throughout the book by many authors including some of the most famous like Timothy Zahn.Overall, great book and I would definitely recommend it if you want to pick it up for a younger family member or if you just want to read everything High Republic.