


All of this while also having the same challenges kids today have to deal with, like starting to date. They will also get a visit from the students of another Jedi Academy. The students at the academy will also get to meet a new student who has transferred in and seems to be far ahead of the rest of them. Unfortunately, that pairs him with the teacher he seems to struggle with the most. It is not at all surprising that Roan chooses to specialize in piloting. This third title in the series continues the fun and humor that allows fans of Star Wars to find out what it might be like to grow up in that "universe." As you can guess from the title, Roan and his friends are going to be having to deal some more with bullying, but they will also have some other experiences, both fun and not-so-fun.įor example, each of the students will get to take Independent Study, which will allow them to explore a topic they are really interested in. Roan Novachez is off to his third and final year at Jedi Academy Middle School. He currently lives in Chicago with his wife Jennifer and their son Oscar. Jeffrey's work has also appeared in the Best American Comics series and received the Ignatz Award in 2003 for 'Outstanding Minicomic.' Simon & Schuster published his latest graphic memoir 'Funny Misshapen Body.' In addition to directing an animated video for the band Death Cab For Cutie, Brown has had his work featured on NPR's 'This American Life' His art has been shown at galleries in New York, San Francisco, San Diego, Los Angeles and Paris. Since then he's drawn a dozen books for publishers including TopShelf, Fantagraphics, Drawn & Quarterly, McSweeney's and Chronicle Books.

Jeffrey Brown was born in 1975 in Grand Rapids, Michigan and grew up reading comic books with dreams of someday drawing them, only to abandon them and focus on becoming a 'fine artist.' While earning his MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Brown abandoned painting and began drawing comics with his first autobiographical book 'Clumsy' in 2001.
