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Plot Summary: According to Origami Yoda, “Rush in fools do.” Sixth grade isn’t easy. Just ask Tommy and his friends Dwight, Harvey, and Kellen. These middle school kids are just trying to fit in, find their way, and figure out how to talk to girls. Enter Dwight and his finger puppet, Origami Yoda. It sounds bizarre, right? Well, Dwight is a dweeb as it is, always doing something stupid like picking his nose or wearing the same clothes day after day, but it gets even worse when he shows up to school one day with an Origami Yoda finger puppet that he made himself. When Dwight starts telling people to ask Yoda for advice and then he answers in that weird not even Yoda sounding voice, Tommy can’t believe it. And to make matters worse, it seems like Origami Yoda really does know what he is talking about.
Plot Summary: According to Origami Yoda, “Rush in fools do.” Sixth grade isn’t easy. Just ask Tommy and his friends Dwight, Harvey, and Kellen. These middle school kids are just trying to fit in, find their way, and figure out how to talk to girls. Enter Dwight and his finger puppet, Origami Yoda. It sounds bizarre, right? Well, Dwight is a dweeb as it is, always doing something stupid like picking his nose or wearing the same clothes day after day, but it gets even worse when he shows up to school one day with an Origami Yoda finger puppet that he made himself. When Dwight starts telling people to ask Yoda for advice and then he answers in that weird not even Yoda sounding voice, Tommy can’t believe it. And to make matters worse, it seems like Origami Yoda really does know what he is talking about.
How can it be possible that Dwight is so clueless, and yet Yoda is the voice of clarity? How does Yoda know things that haven’t happened yet? And if Yoda is so smart, why doesn’t Dwight himself take the advice so he doesn’t always look so ridiculous? Why is the whole school listening to some stupid finger puppet when making decisions about their lives? Is Origami Yoda real? Read the case files of Yoda—all of his advice and how things turned out, according to Tommy and all of his friends. Doodles by Kellen.
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Subjects/Themes: Advice, friendship, middle school
Reviews: Great reviews by Booklist, Publishers Weekly, and School Library Journal.
Age Group: Grades 3-6
High Interest Annotation: This laugh out loud story will grab all readers, especially Star Wars fans.
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