These may be meant as books for young reader, but with the direction that the other books have gone, these are ESSENTIAL before you start reading the New Jedi Order and after.

 

This series of books is great to get young readers into the Star Wars Universe.  Not only will it capture their imagination and interest in reading, it will also help give them a foothold to progress to larger Star Wars books.  The will be introduced to the Children of Han and Leia, as well as the original Star Wars characters as they grow up in the Jedi Academy led by Luke Skywalker.