Un bon livre jeunesse, à confier à tous les collégiens apprenant l'anglais et qui veulent travailler la langue en question. le niveau est simple, mais pas trop, et l'intrigue en elle-même est suffisamment intéressante pour retenir leur attention et les encourager à trébucher de grammaire en vocabulaire.
Et ce qui est pas mal, pour un livre jeunesse, c'est que la psychologie des personnages est bien rendue: on comprend très vite où les motivations d'Anakin coincent, il ne veut pas faire ce qui est juste pour ceux qui en bénéficieront, mais pour la façon dont ça rejaillira sur lui.
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Now Anakin was fourteen. He was an able Padawan who had already proven himself on several important missions. Yet there was one thing that nagged at Obi-Wan. Anakin was liked by the other students, but he had no close friends. He was not loved.
Obi-Wan told himself that Anakin’s gifts naturally set him apart. But in his heart, he grieved for Anakin’s loneliness. He was happy for Anakins’s skill and growing command of the Force. But he whished a simple thing for Anakin. It was something he could not give his Padawan. It was not a gift he could hand over, like a well-loved river stone. He wished for a friend.