Features Tommy and his classmates who recount an episode in which they received wise advice from a finger puppet of Yoda, perpetually worn on the finger of their classmate, Dwight, a loser who can't get anything right. Is this puppet really Yoda? Or is Dwight a bit more together than he seems?
Features Tommy and his classmates who recount an episode in which they received wise advice from a finger puppet of Yoda, perpetually worn on the finger of their classmate, Dwight, a loser who can't get anything right. Is this puppet really Yoda? Or is Dwight a bit more together than he seems?
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 Level: T
F&P Genre: RF
Winner of Bluebonnet Awards 2012
Winner of North Carolina Children's Book Award (Junior Book) 2012
Winner of Nevada Young Readers' Award (Young Readers) 2014
Winner of E.B. White Read Aloud Award (Middle Readers) 2011
Winner of Nene Award 2014
Winner of Land of Enchantment Book Award (Children's) 2012
Winner of Sequoyah Book Awards (Children's) 2013
Winner of Rhode Island Children's Book Awards 2012
Winner of Cybils (Middle Grade Fiction) 2010
Commended for Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens (Seven to Ten) 2011
“"For a fun middle grade that dares to rise a little higher than the usual crop, place your bets on The Strange Case of Origami Yoda . Or, in the words of the great warrior himself, 'Enjoy book, you soon will.'"”
A skewed amalgam of Wayside Stories and Wimpy Kid that is sure to please fans of both. Kirkus Reviews
For a fun middle grade that dares to rise a little higher than the usual crop, place your bets on The Strange Case of Origami Yoda. Or, in the words of the great warrior himself, 'Enjoy book, you soon will.' Elizabeth Bird, Fuse #8
Angleberger’s rendering of such a middle-grade cultural obsession is not only spot-on but also reveals a few resonant surprises hidden in the folds. Booklist
Applying for a job as a newspaper artist, Tom Angleberger was mistakenly assigned to cover local government meetings. Fifteen years and countless town council meetings later, he is still writing instead of drawing, currently as a columnist for the Roanoke Times in Roanoke, Virginia. He began work on his first book while in middle school. Tom is married to author-illustrator Cece Bell. They live in Christianburg, Virginia.
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