Jedi Apprentice: The Defenders of the Dead

The Rising Force is the fifth in a series of young reader novels that chronicle the adventures of Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi prior to Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace.

Publisher's Summary
The Defenders of the Dead live in the past while they destroy the future. They face a revolt of the Young - a band of rebels led by two teenagers, Cerasi and Nield.

Thirteen-year-old Obi-Wan Kenobi and his Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn are not suppposed to take sides in any war. But once Obi-Wan meets Cerasi and Nield, he feels he must join their fight... even though Qui-Gon forbids it.

The rebellion has become personal.

And Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon are on opposing sides.