A kid named Dwight has a finger pupet that looks like yoda and it can tell the future.
The Strange Case of Origami Yoda (Origami Yoda #1)
By Tom Angleberger
Book 1 of 6 in the
Origami Yoda Series
| Interest Level | Reading Level | Reading A-Z | ATOS | Word Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grades 4 - 8 | Grades 3 - 5 | T | 4.7 | 18857 |
In this funny, uncannily wise portrait of the dynamics of a sixth-grade class and of the greatness that sometimes comes in unlikely packages, Dwight, a loser, talks to his classmates via an origami finger puppet of Yoda. If that weren’t strange enough, the puppet is uncannily wise and prescient. Origami Yoda predicts the date of a pop quiz, guesses who stole the classroom Shakespeare bust, and saves a classmate from popularity-crushing embarrassment with some well-timed advice. Dwight’s classmate Tommy wonders how Yoda can be so smart when Dwight himself is so clueless. With contributions from his puzzled classmates, Tommy assembles this first case file in the blockbuster bestselling Origami Yoda series, written by Tom Angleberger, author of Star Wars: Return of the Jedi: Beware the Power of the Dark Side, and hailed by School Library Journal as “honest, funny, and immensely entertaining.”
F&P Genre: RF
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
ISBN-13: 9780810984257
ISBN-10: 0810984253
Published on 3/1/2010
Binding: Hardcover
Number of pages: 160
Book Reviews (105)
This is probably my favorite book series right now! These books are hillarious and everyone should read them! They are also a must if you are a star wars fan. Well as origami yoda would say "book you must read. go I must now!'
I read it once recently and I'm starting it again!
I origionally bought this book for my brother's birthday,but I decided to read it anyways. I really liked it because it wasn't all about some crazy intergalactic Star Wars adventure or some difficult Origami guide, like I thought it would be. It takes place in an average, boooring middle school. The main characters are a group of some dorky, some annoying, and some popular sixth-graders, and one in particular, Dwight, who is not in any of those categories. Dwight would just be classified as one thing: unbelievably wierd and totally bonkers. He walks around with a finger puppet that looks like Yoda that gives out advice. Some of the kids believe in Origami Yoda because of all his great advice, but one kid, Harvey, refuses to believe in Origami Yoda even though his life's a mess. The other kids can't decide if Origami Yoda is real and tapping into the force, or if Dwight is just trying to make them look like fools for making fun of him, so this is the case file to figure out if Origami Yoda is worth listening to. This book is absolutely FULL of laughs!!
This book was similar to lots of books where kids have the usual, daily troubles. Tommy likes a girl and wants to know if she likes him back. Should he take the advice of the origami Yoda? If you like Diary of a Wimpy Kid books, you'll probably like this one.