This series follows the misadventures and triumphs of a group of middle schoolers who discover an unusual way to tackle their everyday problems. Through simple origami and wisdom inspired by a beloved pop culture figure, they find unexpected solutions to their dilemmas. It's a story about friendship, ingenuity, and uncovering truths in the most unlikely of forms. Readers will enjoy the humor, charm, and lessons on navigating the challenges of growing up.
Features Tommy and his classmates who recount an episode in which they received wise advice from a finger puppet of Yoda, perpetually worn on the finger of their classmate, Dwight, a loser who can't get anything right. Is this puppet really Yoda? Or is Dwight a bit more together than he seems?
An Origami Yoda Book
Harvey, upset when his Darth Paper finger puppet brings humiliation, gets Dwight suspended, but Origami Yoda asks Tommy and Kellan, now in seventh grade, to make a new casefile to persuade the School Board to reinstate Dwight.
McQuarrie Middle School's students miss Origami Yoda when Dwight leaves for Tippett Academy, but he sends Sara a paper Fortune Wookiee that seems to give advice just as good as Yoda's--even if, in the hands of girls, it seems preoccupied with romance.
SOME PROBLEMS ARE TOO BIG FOR ORIGAMI YODA ALONE...HE USES HIS JEDI-WISE ADVICE TO HELP KIDS CONQUER ENEMIES, DULL SCHOOL DANCES TO EMBARRASSING WATER STAINS.
One month before the state standards test are to take place, the Origami Rebel Alliance has found powerful allies in unexpected places in their fight against the FunTime test preparation program, but Principal Rabbski has not yet declared her allegiance.
In this final book in the series, the seventh graders of McQuarrie Middle School and their Star Wars-inspired Origami finger puppets go on a field trip to Washington, D.C., on what proves to be a very long trip full of shifting alliances, betrayals, carsickness, and sugar rushes.
A companion to the Origami Yoda series, this doodle and activity book will include instructions for making: origami Star Wars characters; block and bubble lettering; your own comic book; a Chapstick rocket; Star Wars smileys; fake knuckle cracks; pencil games and much more.