Tom Angleberger
Hardcover | Pages: 141 pages Rating: 3.9 | 27822 Users | 3086 Reviews
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| Original Title: | The Strange Case of Origami Yoda |
| ISBN: | 0810984253 (ISBN13: 9780810984257) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Origami Yoda #1 |
| Characters: | Dwight Tharp, Tommy Lomax, Kellen Campbell, Harvey Cunningham, Sarah Bolt, Rondella Karskio, Lance Alexander, Mike Coley, Quivondo Fong, Amy Umans, Caroline Broom, Cassie Dillon, Lougene Rabbski, Mr. Howell, Mrs. Calhoun, Tater Tot |
| Literary Awards: | Texas Bluebonnet Award (2012), Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award Nominee (2012), Sunshine State Young Readers Award Nominee for Grades 6-8 (2011), New Mexico Land of Enchantment Award for Children (2013), Goodreads Choice Award Nominee (2010) North Carolina Children's Book Award (2012), Whitney and Scott Cardozo Award for Children's Literature (2011), Oklahoma Sequoyah Award for Children (2013), Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award Nominee (2013) |
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IT TAKES THE WISDOM OF YODA TO SURVIVE THE SIXTH GRADE 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."List Regarding Books The Strange Case of Origami Yoda (Origami Yoda #1)
| Title | : | The Strange Case of Origami Yoda (Origami Yoda #1) |
| Author | : | Tom Angleberger |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 141 pages |
| Published | : | March 1st 2010 by Amulet Books |
| Categories | : | Humor. Childrens. Middle Grade. Fiction. Realistic Fiction. Young Adult. Media Tie In. Star Wars |
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Ratings: 3.9 From 27822 Users | 3086 ReviewsJudge Regarding Books The Strange Case of Origami Yoda (Origami Yoda #1)
I was not a big fan of this book. 1.) I don't like DIARY OF A WIMPY KID format. The drawings in this book are extremely ugly and not pleasant to look at.2.) The plot was rather lame, I thought. The kids 6th grade concerns (Can I muster up the courage to ask this girl to dance? How can I stop this dweeb from sitting at my lunch table) I found to be petty and annoying.But I DID like the Star Wars references and the Yoda talking.NOTE: THESE BOOKS IMPROVE. I kept reading the series and it got a lotFun, funny, and silly. An older read for Diary of a Wimpy Kid fans, even though they both take place in middle schools. I liked that Tommy was not as much of a jerk as Greg, but more like a regular kid who sometimes says mean things (and happily, he sincerely regrets them and tries to fix the wrong). I thought some of the solutions were fun. I liked hearing the different kids' voices in telling their experiences. I loved the ending and the outcome of it all. I especially liked that there is a
I listened to audio for this book and it was an excellent audio--really pulled me through the story with multiple voices and the right sense of what next? I liked the chief narrator's character and the question he posed: Is Origami Yoda real? It is a thought-provoking book using the comedy of middle school voice. However, while there is a mystery of sorts, it is not nearly as strange as it is marketed to be. I do not think it would appeal to boys interested in Star Wars or aliens or mysterious
Soooo my 4th grader badgered me to read this book because it's "REALLY GOOD." He read it twice and then read the next two books in the series the following day. IMO it's cute and funny while also acknowledging that boys this age are starting to experience feelings about girls.
There's always that one weird kid in school who has no idea that they're weird; all of the other kids can tell them that they're weird, but they just go on being weird, and Tom Angleberger really does a fantastic job of showing how there needs to be a weird kid in every school to shake things up and make everyone else question their own place in the food chain. This book was a breath of weird, fresh air, and I really enjoyed the multiple narratives and the way that the characters grew to
The first thing I did when I saw this book with Yoda and a light saber on the cover was flip to the front to make sure George Lucas was getting his cut. He is. Next I read the book, which has plenty of Star Wars references mixed in with 6th grade boys, some sports, awkward school dances, a bully, a jerk, a couple girls, and one strange boy who seems to be advising them all through the mysterious abilities of a home made finger puppet. By all appearances, it had the making of a perfect boy book.
The Good:When I was in school, I was usually known as the weird kid, thanks to my psychological condition and different sort of upbringing, so, I can identify with some of the characters in this book. It definitely has fun with Lucas' space opera, and some crazy moments are found within. Fans of kiddie books will definitely find plenty to love.The Bad: I wasn't a big fan of the formatting; some pages had black text on a medium gray background, which was hard to read. The comments at the end of
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