Boys read Babymouse all the time and girls dig Diary of a Wimpy Kid. 'Oh, boys won't read anything with a pink cover.' 'Oh, girls won't pick up a book unless there's some romance in it.' Phooey. You see these stereotypes referred to all the time. By which I mean, the novel that perfectly balances out the stereotypical vision of what boys like in a book versus what stereotypical girls like in a book.

Announcing An Exciting New Array of Star Wars Children's Books on StarWars.Let us now sit back and consider what the ultimate boy/girl middle grade novel would contain.ART2-D2's Guide to Folding and Doodling: An Origami Yoda Activity Book.

The Surprise Attack of Jabba the Puppett.

that they fought for in Jabba the Puppett and its sequel, Princess Labelmaker to the Rescue.Īrt2-D2's Guide to Folding and Doodling is a collective activity book in which Kellen Campbell and Dwight Tharp make a guide for Star Wars doodling (Kellen), folding (Dwight), and other activities by various other students, with the help of Art2-D2. Emperor Pickletine Rides the Bus focuses on a school field trip to Washington D.C. The plot was resolved in Princess Labelmaker to the Rescue.

The Surprise Attack of Jabba the Puppett sees the return of Dwight and focuses on the students creating an Origami Rebellion to face off against the 'FunTime Menace,' a test-preparation program that involves a series of hokey videos and worksheets that has caused all elective classes to be canceled. These new puppets again help to solve people's problems, though Tommy begins to suspect that there is something not on the level about the two. A sequence of events eventually results in Dwight's being expelled from the middle school and he is sent to a private school called Tippet Academy.įollowing these events, three girls at the school, including Tommy's crush Sara, create new finger puppets called the ' Fortune Wookiee,' and ' Han Foldo' a translator. The story begins when a social outcast in the school named Dwight Tharp creates a finger puppet that is dubbed 'Origami Yoda.' Tommy Lomax opens a case-file to investigate when it seems as though Dwight is using the Force to channel power through Origami Yoda to answer people's questions about topics such as life and love.Ī new threat emerges in the form of ' Darth Paper,' who unlike Origami Yoda, gives snide and crass answers to questions. Featuring Star Wars elements whose use was officially licensed by Lucasfilm Ltd., the series presents the adventures of a group of children in middle school. The Origami Yoda series of children's books was created by American author Tom Angleberger. The Strange Case of Origami Yoda, the first book in the series This article covers a Star Wars Legends subject that was published under the Infinities label or that Lucasfilm otherwise declared non-canon within the Legends continuity. This article is non-canon within the Star Wars Legends continuity.

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