NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Celebrate the lasting impact of Return of the Jedi with this exciting reimagining of the timeless Star Wars film featuring new perspectives from forty contributors.\nOn May 25, 1983, Star Wars cemented its legacy as the greatest movie franchise of all time with the release of Return of the Jedi. In honor of its fortieth anniversary, forty storytellers re-create an iconic scene from Return of the Jedi through the eyes of a supporting character, from heroes and villains to droids and creatures. From a Certain Point of View features contributions by bestselling authors and trendsetting artists:\n• Olivie Blake provides a chilling glimpse into the mind of Emperor Palpatine. 
• Saladin Ahmed recounts the tragic history of the rancor trainer. 
• Charlie Jane Anders explores the life and times of the Sarlacc. 
• Fran Wilde reveals Mon Mothma’s secret mission to save the Rebel Alliance. 
• Mary Kenney chronicles Wicket the Ewok’s quest for one quiet day on the forest moon of Endor. 
• Anakin Skywalker becomes one with the Force in a gripping tale by Mike Chen.\nPlus more hilarious, heartbreaking, and astonishing tales from: 
Tom Angleberger, K Arsenault Rivera, Kristin Baver, Akemi Dawn Bowman, Emma Mieko Candon, Olivia Chadha, Gloria Chao, Adam Christopher, Paul Crilley, Amal El-Mohtar, M. K. England, Jason Fry, Adam Lance Garcia, Lamar Giles, Max Gladstone, Thea Guanzon, Ali Hazelwood, Patricia A. Jackson, Alex Jennings, Jarrett J. Krosoczka, Sarah Kuhn, Danny Lore, Sarah Glenn Marsh, Kwame Mbalia, Marieke Nijkamp, Danielle Paige, Laura Pohl, Dana Schwartz, Tara Sim, Phil Szostak, Suzanne Walker, Hannah Whitten, Sean Williams, Alyssa Wong\nTo celebrate the launch of this book, Penguin Random House and Disney/Lucasfilm will each make donations to First Book—a leading nonprofit that provides new books, learning materials, and other essentials to educators and organizations serving children in need. In recognition of both companies’ longstanding relationships with First Book, Penguin Random House will donate at least $100,000 worth of booksto First Book and Disney/Lucasfilm will donate 100,000 children’s books to support First Book and their mission of providing equal access to quality education.

From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi (Star Wars)

Literature & Fiction

Ahmed, Saladin

Anders, Charlie Jane

Blake, Olivie

Wilde, Fran

Chen, Mike

Kenney, Mary

United States

Random House Worlds

Stories entertain, but they can also shape the course and direction of human progress. Futurescapes: Cities of Empowerment does both. It is more than just a collection of engaging tales. It is also as a roadmap to steer communities away from negative futures and towards positive ones. By featuring powerful solutions (as well as their potential unintended consequences) embedded in poignant, humorous, and exciting stories, our authors explore the many ways cities might empower all residents — regardless of their circumstances — to become super citizens, deeply engaged in the governance of the cities they call home.

Futurescapes: Cities of Empowerment

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Older, Malka

Bruns, David

Sachdeva, Anjali

Mrotek, Amy

Jesse, Kevin

Robinette Kowal, Mary

Inverness, AmyBeth

Brin, David

Science Fiction

Utah Valley Office of New Urban Mechanics

In a city of living bone rising high above the clouds, where danger hides in the wind and the ground is lost to legend, a young woman must expose a dangerous secret to save everyone she loves. Welcome to a world of wind and bone, songs and silence, betrayal and courage.

Updraft: A Novel (Bone Universe, 1)

Tor Books

From Fran Wilde comes Updraft, the Nebula finalist and Andre Norton Award-winning first novel in the Bone Universe saga
Welcome to a world of wind and bone, songs and silence, betrayal and courage. 
Kirit Densira cannot wait to pass her wingtest and begin flying as a trader by her mother's side, being in service to her beloved home tower and exploring the skies beyond. When Kirit inadvertently breaks Tower Law, the city's secretive governing body, the Singers, demand that she become one of them instead. In an attempt to save her family from greater censure, Kirit must give up her dreams to throw herself into the dangerous training at the Spire, the tallest, most forbidding tower, deep at the heart of the City.
As she grows in knowledge and power, she starts to uncover the depths of Spire secrets. Kirit begins to doubt her world and its unassailable Laws, setting in motion a chain of events that will lead to a haunting choice, and may well change the city forever―if it isn't destroyed outright.
Bone Universe 1) Updraft 2) Cloudbound 3) Horizon (September 2017)

After the dust settles, the City of living bones begins to die, and more trouble brews beneath the clouds in the companion to Updraft. "A thrilling and complex tale about the most difficult stage of a revolution: what do you do after you win? Highly recommended both for the story it tells as well as how it tells that story. Wilde takes risks that pay off hugely.” ―Ken Liu, Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author of The Grace of Kings The Towers in disarray, without a governing body or any defense against the dangers lurking in the clouds, and daily life is full of terror and strife. Nat Densira, the wing-brother to Kirit (Skyshouter, Spirebreaker, no-longer-of-Densira) sets out to be a hero in his own way―sitting on the new Council to cast votes protecting Tower-born, and exploring lower tiers to find more materials to repair the struggling City. 
But what he finds down-tier is more secrets―and now Nat will have to decide who to trust, and how to trust himself without losing those he holds most dear, before a dangerous myth raises a surprisingly realistic threat to the crippled City, in Cloudbound. "I long to know more about the world and where Wilde's imagination will soar next. In the meantime it's all I can do to slow-clap this powerfully engaging debut: Wilde's world and characters―as is entirely appropriate―blew me away." ―NPR on Updraft
Bone Universe 1) Updraft 2) Cloudbound 3) Horizon (September 2017)

Cloudbound (Bone Universe)

After the dust settles, the City of living bones begins to die, and more trouble brews beneath the clouds in the companion to the Andre Norton Award-winning novel Updraft. "A thrilling and complex tale about the most difficult stage of a revolution: what do you do after you win? Highly recommended both for the story it tells as well as how it tells that story. Wilde takes risks that pay off hugely.” ―Ken Liu, Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author of The Grace of Kings The Towers are in disarray, without a governing body or any defense against the dangers lurking in the clouds, and daily life is full of terror and strife. Nat Densira, the wing-brother to Kirit (Skyshouter, Spirebreaker, no-longer-of-Densira) sets out to be a hero in his own way―sitting on the new Council to cast votes protecting Tower-born, and exploring lower tiers to find more materials to repair the struggling City. 
 But what he finds down-tier is more secrets―and now Nat will have to decide who to trust, and how to trust himself without losing those he holds most dear, before a dangerous myth raises a surprisingly realistic threat to the crippled City, in Cloudbound. "I long to know more about the world and where Wilde's imagination will soar next. In the meantime it's all I can do to slow-clap this powerfully engaging debut: Wilde's world and characters―as is entirely appropriate―blew me away." ―NPR on Updraft
Bone Universe 1) Updraft 2) Cloudbound 3) Horizon (September 2017)

Cloudbound (Bone Universe, 2)

Genre Fiction

A winged society faces the threat of ultimate extinction in the thrilling finale to Fran Wilde's Bone Universe fantasy series Kirkus Reviews' 27 Science Fiction, Fantasy &amp; Horror Books to Read in September Unbound Worlds' Best Sci-Fi &amp; Fantasy Books of September 2017 
 "One of the most fun, imaginative fantasy novels...I'm already anxiously awaiting her next book." ―Book Riot on Updraft "That rare bird, the follow-up to a highly praised first novel that doesn't just equal its predecessor's accomplishments, but exceeds them." ―Locus on Cloudbound
A City of living bone towers crumbles to the ground and danger abounds. Kirit Densira has lost everything she loved the most―her mother, her home, and the skies above. Nat Brokenwings―once Kirit's brother long before the rebellion tore them apart―is still trying to save his family in the face of catastrophe. They will need to band together once more to ensure not just their own survival, but that of their entire community.
Bone Universe 1) Updraft 2) Cloudbound 3) Horizon

Horizon (Bone Universe, 3)

A winged society faces the threat of ultimate extinction in Horizon, the thrilling finale to Fran Wilde's Bone Universe fantasy series.
A City of living bone towers crumbles to the ground and danger abounds. Kirit Densira has lost everything she loved the most―her mother, her home, and the skies above. Nat Brokenwings―once Kirit's brother long before the rebellion tore them apart―is still trying to save his family in the face of catastrophe. They will need to band together once more to ensure not just their own survival, but that of their entire community.
"One of the most fun, imaginative fantasy novels...I'm already anxiously awaiting her next book." ―Book Riot on Updraft "That rare bird, the follow-up to a highly praised first novel that doesn't just equal its predecessor's accomplishments, but exceeds them." ―Locus on Cloudbound
Bone Universe #1 Updraft #2 Cloudbound #3 Horizon

Teen & Young Adult

Horizon

New York : Tor

2016 Nebula Award finalist for Best Novelette 2017 Hugo Award finalist for Best Novelette From Fran Wilde, the Andre Norton and Compton Crook Award-winning author of Updraft. The kingdom in the Valley has long sheltered under the protection of its Jewels and Lapidaries, the people bound to singing gemstones with the power to reshape hills, move rivers, and warp minds. That power has kept the peace and tranquility, and the kingdom has flourished. Jewel Lin and her Lapidary Sima may be the last to enjoy that peace. The Jeweled Court has been betrayed. As screaming raiders sweep down from the mountains, and Lapidary servants shatter under the pressure, the last princess of the Valley will have to summon up a strength she's never known. If she can assume her royal dignity, and if Sima can master the most dangerous gemstone in the land, they may be able to survive. "The central fantastical idea is pretty cool... nicely written... I suspect the world it's set in might yield more fine stories." - Locus

The Jewel and Her Lapidary (The Gem Universe, 1)

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Books by Wilde, Fran

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From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi (Star Wars)

Futurescapes: Cities of Empowerment

Updraft: A Novel (Bone Universe, 1)

Updraft: A Novel (Bone Universe, 1)

Cloudbound (Bone Universe)

Cloudbound (Bone Universe, 2)

Horizon (Bone Universe, 3)

Horizon (Bone Universe, 3)

Horizon

The Jewel and Her Lapidary (The Gem Universe, 1)