He can’t read music very well, and he can’t improvise. Origami instructions are included (of course), and it’s otherwise chock-full of customarily quirky fun.īlack sixth-grader Jake Liston can only play one song on the piano. It’s not a great place to begin reading the series-start with the first-and readers be warned: This documents a battle, not the whole war, and ends with the words “To be continued” (“Way yes!” says Origami Yoda). This book may not win any fans among school administrators, but those who have delighted in Tommy and his friends’ previous case files will be pleased. But Emperor Palpatine-as the kids think of Rabbski-won’t fall that easily! Tommy’s case file grows in Angleberger’s fourth doodle-filled paean to individuality, friendship and all things Star Wars. The Origami Rebel Alliance hatches a plan to fail the test, sinking the school’s chance of meeting state standards, unless Principal Rabbski ends FunTime and returns electives to the curriculum. FunTime classes consist of watching videos starring Professor FunTime and his singing calculator, Gizmo-with extra worksheets! What’s worse: FunTime classes take the place of electives such as art, chorus and band. The seventh-graders of MMS have little time to celebrate Dwight and Origami Yoda’s return from Tippett Academy before Principal Rabbski holds a special assembly to announce that since the school’s standardized test scores were so low, new classes for all students will begin immediately. Dark times have descended on McQuarrie Middle School, and a rebel alliance is born….
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