then came The Surprise Attack of Jabba the Puppett. I'd pretty much given up on getting anything better than a nice story for the remainder of the series, and then. I wasn't quite as high on Darth Paper Strikes Back or The Secret of the Fortune Wookiee, though both were nice stories. It's a richly rewarding middle-grade novel, worthy of Newbery recognition had the committee decided to go that direction. The humor, setting, characters, story, and emotion were pitch-perfect, culminating in one special night at the school dance for these sixth-graders, some of whom were beginning to like each other as more than friends.
After The Strange Case of Origami Yoda was touted as a dark-horse contender for the 2011 Newbery awards, I read it and was impressed. When Tom Angleberger gets it right, he really gets it right.
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