Back for their seventh grade year at McQuarrie Middle School, Tommy and the gang want to save their buddy Dwight from being sent to an alternative education school. They put together a case file to present to the school board to clear Dwight's name. In the end, Dwight's mother, fed up with the hypocritical school board decides to send Dwight to a private school so they cannot exact their punishment upon him.
Even though the characters are in middle school, fifth and sixth graders alike are the best candidates to read this book. I think the combination of the Star Wars references, the "case file" format, and the humorous characters are what attract boys to this series. With this second installment of the Origami Yoda series, Angleberger stayed true to the characters of the book. Even though it had been years since I'd read the first book, reading this one was like reuniting with an old friend and clicking like no time had passed at all. The characters are still up to their same shenanigans but face a new problem. Tommy, Kellen, Sara, Amy, Harvey, and Dwight--they're all kids we could easily find in a middle school that are experiencing real middle school issues. Best of all, Angleberger solves a major problem, but leaves the series wide open to continue and I hope he milks this series for as long as he can because I could read these books forever.
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