Summary (from Goodreads):
Meet Dwight, a sixth-grade oddball. Dwight does a lot of weird things, like wearing the same T-shirt for a month or telling people to call him "Captain Dwight." This is embarrassing, particularly for Tommy, who sits with him at lunch every day.
But Dwight does one cool thing. He makes origami. One day he makes an origami finger puppet of Yoda. And that's when things get mysterious. Origami Yoda can predict the future and suggest the best way to deal with a tricky situation. His advice actually works, and soon most of the sixth grade is lining up with questions.
Tommy wants to know how Origami Yoda can be so smart when Dwight himself is so clueless. Is Yoda tapping into the Force? It's crucial that Tommy figure out the mystery before he takes Yoda's advice about something VERY IMPORTANT that has to do with a girl.
This is Tommy's case file of his investigation into "The Strange Case of Origami Yoda."
My Review:
Better than I expected! I liked the case file format, which turns the book into manageable chunks for readers who need smaller amounts to read at once (and for whom chapters become overwhelming). The characters sounded like sixth graders for the most part, and the narrator's change of heart (I won't spoil it for you!) is very nice to see. I'd read it to my students as an example of tolerance and understanding.
Read: January 2022
