Darth Paper Strikes Back (Origami Yoda #2)

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Darth Paper Strikes Back (Origami Yoda #2)

by Tom Angleberger (Goodreads Author)

4.13 of 5 stars 4.13 · rating details · 3,379 ratings · 529 reviews

NOT SUCH A LONG TIME AGO, IN A MIDDLE SCHOOL NOT SO FAR, FAR AWAY...

Something amazing happened. A weird kid named Dwight made an origami finger puppet of Yoda. (That wasn't the amazing thing--just typical Dwight weirdness.) the amazing thing was that Origami Yoda gave great advice. He could predict the date of a pop quiz, tell a guy if a girl likes him or not, and keep kid...more

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Published August 1st 2011 by Harry N. Abrams (first published January 1st 2011)

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Apr 19, 2012 Colby Sharp rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: mg-novel, realistic-fiction, character, mr-schu-and-mr-jonker-s-11-top-20

Frist reading: 8/19/2011

Audio Book 4/18/2012

Better than the first. You must read this book!

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Apr 25, 2013 Patty Valencia rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: children-chapter

Very entertaining. My only problem with the book occurs in the chapter "How We Got into this Mess," when Dwight/Origami Yoda is/are quoted as saying, "Wars do not make one great." Shouldn't it have been: "Great..do not wars make." ?? Other than that, this book is fabulous. I am using it in my homeschool and we are having a blast with it. (We will be doing a group origami project).

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Dec 24, 2012 James Marsh rated it 5 of 5 stars

Disclaimer: Still a 32 year old married man reading YA fiction because it is entertaining and witty without resorting to content that is unsavory. There were a few rude outbursts by characters including a DW, which surprised me.

Origami Yoda is back, and now he (and Dwight) have to deal with Harvey and his Darth Paper.

Many of the original characters return and the framing device for this volume is nothing short of brilliant - rather than a case book to fuel the curiosity of whether or not Origami...more

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Mar 22, 2013 David rated it 5 of 5 stars

A great read with my Grandson (age 7) as he eats breakfast before school. The mystery of Yoda is still working its magic, but now he has trouble with Harvey and Darth Paper. Through the case files gathered by Tommy, we see how Yoda has encouraged various classmates to do the right thing in some very troublesome situations. Of course there is a reason for gathering these stories, and that brings Tommy to the School Board meeting to save his friend from being expelled.

Will Harvey and Darth Paper t...more

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Jun 18, 2012 Newbury Town Library Youth Services rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: juvenile-literature, absolute-hits

When you jump back into Kids-Lit after being in the baby board book world for so long, you take a deep breath and try, just try, to keep your head above water as you tread through the deep, rough sea, that is Kids-Lit nowadays. It's hard going! There is so much of it! And the kids, they have read all of it before you even knew it was cool. They are such awesome readers, these kids here.

Daunting you may ask? Yes. Awesome, as well? Totally. And here is where I defend how hard but excellent it is t...more

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May 30, 2012 Kabe rated it 3 of 5 stars

As the second installment of the Origami Yoda book series, Darth Paper Strikes Back finds the gang from McQuarrie School is now in seventh grade. This time, Dwight, the man behind Origami Yoda himself is at the risk of suspension, so Tommy and the crew must put together a case file to prove his innocence. However, events continue to complicate as “The Dark Side” emerges with Harvey’s creation of Darth Paper. The book paints a near perfect image of the life of a middle-schooler in which young rea...more

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May 21, 2012 Shel added it

Once again, I must apologize for the lack of posts. It would seem that as stressful as preparing to move halfway across the country was, actually moving and starting the new job is even *more* stressful.

Lucky for me, there was a happy book delivery to my new home....

I have been waiting for this book to come out for YEARS several months. I absolutely loved The Strange Case of Origami Yoda and taught it to my undergraduate children's literature classes. It was one of the few books that the vast ma...more

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Apr 16, 2012 Tony rated it 3 of 5 stars

The sequel to the popular case file novel, The Strange Case of Origami Yoda, Darth Paper Strikes Back improves and gives a more involving story than the first. I really liked the darker feel of this book compared to the first, it really makes it more interesting. The story is just more personal and that is why it makes it greater. I really love the case file idea and the little doodles all over it, it really makes you enjoy everything about the style of the book. It uses a lot of Star Wars refer...more

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Mar 28, 2012 Viola Cheri rated it 5 of 5 stars

I listened to this book on the way home from Utah yesterday. I came at it skeptically, just thinking it was another dumb kids book in the gist of Diary of a Wimpy Kid (which I have also read, and while I rarely apply the word dumb to books, that is one of the cases). This book, fortunately, is no such thing. I assume actually reading the book is infinitely more entertaining and with a much deeper meaning. I was alternately giggling and cringing the whole way through. Having not read the first bo...more I listened to this book on the way home from Utah yesterday. I came at it skeptically, just thinking it was another dumb kids book in the gist of Diary of a Wimpy Kid (which I have also read, and while I rarely apply the word dumb to books, that is one of the cases). This book, fortunately, is no such thing. I assume actually reading the book is infinitely more entertaining and with a much deeper meaning. I was alternately giggling and cringing the whole way through. Having not read the first book, it took me a bit to orient myself to the characters and their relationships. Most of the characters are in fact, very realistic and shallow seventh graders. The true hero is obviously Dwight. That kid and his Yoda are fantastic.

What makes me cringe is the actions of the adults. Apparently absolutely none of them have ever had any special education training in the slightest. Yoda is definitely a social coping construct to help Dwight help his friends, since most of them think he by himself is too "weird" to do anything. This feels like an Asperger's-ish obsession. And not one of his teachers took note? Not one of them asked if this was more than him goofing off? None of them noticed that school punishments had no effect, and Yoda was more helpful than disruptive? And that's only taking into account his Star Wars related behavior. Based on the stories from his classmates, he certainly has some social skills issues that were never addressed due to a lack of professional/parental attention, but was clever enough to find his own way to deal with him. It disgusts me that a school faculty would dismiss a child in need of special attention (the kind a correctional facility, which is the conflict of this story, would not be able to provide and would instead beat him until he turned to more destructive forms of social release). Perhaps I am simply privileged, growing up in a home and school district with an extensive special needs program, but one would think the the whole of a population that large /someone/ would notice Dwight was more than just a weird little Star Wars geek.

That doesn't stop Dwight and his friends from being awesome.(less)

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Mar 09, 2012 Lego Robot Ninja rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Luke.

Recommended to Lego Robot Ninja by: Nico.

Shelves: five-star-books, middle-grade, fiction, star-wars

Mum: Let's start with the stars: how many?

LRN: 130,000.

Mum: How about five?

LRN: NOOO. TOO GOOD.

Mum: So, this is a sequel to The Strange Case of Origami Yoda. Was it better than the first book? The same?

LRN: Better, but a bit different. Dwight, the oddball in 6th grade, is going to be expelled, so his friends try to save him from his nemesis or rival, Harvey.

Mum: What does Harvey have to do with Dwight being expelled?

LRN: Harvey is saying bad things about Dwight, and one word: Darth Paper.(Well,...more

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Mar 06, 2012 IndyPL Kids Book Blog rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: kid-life

In The Strange Case of Origami Yoda we met Dwight and his finger puppet Yoda. According to the casefile Dwight’s friends put together Yoda was no ordinary finger puppet. Origami Yoda gave out wise advice and seemed to be able to see into the future. (If you want to read the evidence for yourself, you’ll have to read it for yourself.)

Despite the evidence in the casebook, there is still one person at school who is NOT a true believer - Harvey - who calls Origami Yoda “that green paperwad.”

In Darth...more

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Feb 12, 2012 Renee rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: paw

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Summary: Harvey, upset when his Darth Paper finger puppet brings humiliation, gets Dwight suspended, but Origami Yoda asks Tommy and Kellan, now in seventh grade, to make a new casefile to persuade the School Board to reinstate Dwight.

Don't need to have read the first book, The Strange Case of Origami Yoda, to enjoy this book. The author does give some background info about what happened in the first book.

Plot: In this story, Harvey and his Darth Paper try to bring down Dwight and his Origami Y...more Summary: Harvey, upset when his Darth Paper finger puppet brings humiliation, gets Dwight suspended, but Origami Yoda asks Tommy and Kellan, now in seventh grade, to make a new casefile to persuade the School Board to reinstate Dwight.

Don't need to have read the first book, The Strange Case of Origami Yoda, to enjoy this book. The author does give some background info about what happened in the first book.

Plot: In this story, Harvey and his Darth Paper try to bring down Dwight and his Origami Yoda because of all the attention he gets from the other students through the helpful advice Origami Yoda gives to kids in need. Dwight gets suspended from school and possibly send to an alternative school for disruptive students after his Yoda tell Jen "Zero Hour comes. Prepare to meet your Doom!" (13) Dwight gets Jen to tell the principal. Dwight gets suspended for threatening another student. His other strange and disruptive behavior. (using his finger puppet and tales that Harvey has passed onto the administration get Dwight a school committee agenda for consideration to be sent to an alternative school).

Tommy, Kellen, and other students work together to create a case file of accounts to present to the school committee to get Dwight back to school. Origami Yoda states: "Save Dwight you must....The truth for the school board you must write. Another case file is needed." (16)

In the end, Harvey gets what he wants. Dwight ends up writing a letter stating that Origami Yoda is just paper, there is no force, just Dwight talking. (127). Harvey feels as he has won!

Harvey and Tommy both go to the school committee meeting, Harvey is trying to make sure Dwight doesn't return to school while Tommy is doing the opposite. But Harvey ends up trying to clear Dwight's name. He confesses that he was the one who got Jen to report Dwight for his "Zero hour" comment. He states that Jen was actually kicked off the cheerleader squad because of a zero she got on an English paper. Was this the "zero hour" yoda was talking about - warning Jen about her school work that could get her kicked off the squad?

In pages 150-151, Harvey says he tried to save Dwight because Darth Paper told him to. He got everything he wanted. He didn't want Dwight kicked out of school, just to admit Yoda was fake. And so he would be right.

"Once again everything worked out exactly the way Dwight wanted. had he been planning this all along?" (155). Dwight's mom takes him out of the public school and send him to a new private school. It is the same school that his girlfriend switched to last year. He really missed her. Now he is happy because he gets to be closer to her. And Origami Yoda is back. As for why he said he was fake, "Heard of a Jedi mind trick you have, hmmm?" states Yoda. (157).

Fun read. I love this books. I enjoy the stories about how Origami Yoda helps other students with their problems. Is he real? Is Dwight a weirdo or a genius?

The book contains game instructions for the Star Wars game the teacher teaches them - only requires paper and pencils. And Darth Paper directions.

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Jan 20, 2012 Sara rated it 5 of 5 stars

Is it real? Should I believe? That's what Tommy always wants to know about the paper Yoda finger puppet Dwight uses to dispense wisdom and advice to his classmates. Especially now that Yoda is challenged by another force, Darth Paper, a scorn-spewing puppet wielded by hard-hearted Harvey---and Dwight is sinking under the full weight of a school system which wants to expel him.

The brilliance of this book is that the intended readers---upper elementary and middle schoolers---will absolutely know t...more

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Jan 12, 2012 Karen Yingling rated it 3 of 5 stars

Dwight is in trouble again for origami related mischief. This time, the school thinks he is unbalanced enough that they want to send him to the Correctional and Remedial Educational Facility. Tommy and Kellen use their investigative skills to put together a plan to convince the principal that Dwight is not the threat that he seems.
Strengths: Mr. Angleberger really understands middle school-- the way that allegiances change, the difficulties of romance combined with what your friends will think,...more

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Jan 07, 2012 Darren Hartwell rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: comedy

Star Wars is in my top five all time favourite films (more specifically, Star Wars: A New Hope, but when I first watched in back in 1978 it was only known as Star Wars). When I was a kid I had quite a few Star Wars figures, I read the books, and I watched the original trilogy on VHS over and over again. So when a book called Darth Paper Strikes Back popped through my letter box I could not help but be intrigued. A quick read of the press release informed me that it was the sequel to a book calle...more Star Wars is in my top five all time favourite films (more specifically, Star Wars: A New Hope, but when I first watched in back in 1978 it was only known as Star Wars). When I was a kid I had quite a few Star Wars figures, I read the books, and I watched the original trilogy on VHS over and over again. So when a book called Darth Paper Strikes Back popped through my letter box I could not help but be intrigued. A quick read of the press release informed me that it was the sequel to a book called The Strange Case of Origami Yoda, a book that I was not even aware existed. However, I started to skim read the first few pages to get a feel for the book, and I was instantly hooked.

To set the scene, here is the blurb from the first book, Origami Yoda: "Tommy and his classmates narrate this middle grade mystery, each recounting 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?"

From what I can work out, Dwight turned from zero to hero in the eyes of his classmates thanks to his amazing finger puppet. However, Dwight's nemesis, Harvey, has decided that he wants all of the attention and kicks off the new school year by introducing Darth Paper to his peers. Darth Paper is the complete opposite to Origami Yoda - mean, nasty, and on a mission to discredit Dwight and possibly even get him kicked out of school. If this sounds a little bizarre to you then I would ahve to agree with you on the face of it, but the story is not as strange as it sounds. It is laugh out loud funny and very, very clever.

This is the perfect book for boys (or girls) who love Jeff Kinney's Wimpy Kid books, but have read them so many times that they are beginning to fall apart. By all means go out and buy your kids new copies, but why not slip this one in as well - I am pretty sure they will love it. Especially if they are a Star Wars fan. Until recently I hadn't realised just how popular the Star Wars franchise was with today's 7-10 year olds, but friends have assured me that their sons can't get enough of it, thanks in part to the recent animated series, as well as games like Lego Star Wars. If they are big fans then can't lose with this book - like Wimpy Kid it is full of small doodle-like illustrations, it is narrated in the first person by a host of great kid voices, and if you're still not convinced - it also has instructions on how to make your own origami Darth Paper!

I guess I should just add one small word of warning - this story is set in an American school and as such all the terminology, etc is very American. This did not affect my enjoyment of the story, and I am not sure how many young readers will find it a distraction either, but I thought you had better be aware.(less)

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Nov 15, 2011 Sharon Tyler rated it 4 of 5 stars

Darth Paper Strikes Back by Tom Angleberger is the follow-up to the clever book, The Strange Case of Origami Yoda. In the first installment, Dwight created and used an Origami Yoda to dispense advice and help relate to his classmates. Harvey continually argued that the finger puppet was just that, a puppet. In Darth Paper Strikes Back, Dwight still has Yoda, but Harvey has created his own puppet, Darth Paper. Harvey and his origami puppet are clearly on the dark side of the force, and after a fe...more

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Oct 28, 2011 Doret rated it 5 of 5 stars

This is the sequel to The Strange Case of Origami Yoda which I enjoyed but not as much as most. Though I loved Darth Paper Strikes Back. It just clicked for me. All the same kids are back including Dwight with his origami Yoda. Dwight is a little awkward, never knowing the right thing to say but for some reason his origami Yoda which he wears on his finger gives great advice. Now in the 7th grade, everyone is looking forward to getting Yoda like advice when needed, but everything goes wrong when...more

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Sep 20, 2011 Heather rated it 4 of 5 stars

Tom Angleberger will delight readers once again in this sequel to The Strange Case of Origami Yoda. His new novel (written again in the form of illustrated case files by a variety middle-school classmates)shows different perspectives on the situation of resident "weird kid" Dwight, who has been suspended from school and may be expelled. Dwight's advice-giving Origami Yoda finger puppet - which assisted his acquaintances the previous year - is now being challenged by the "Dark Side" in the form o...more

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Sep 10, 2011 Barbara rated it 4 of 5 stars

In the follow up to last year's surprise hit, The Strange Case of Origami Yoda, the kids at McQuarrie Middle School are back, a year older but not necessarily a year wiser. Dwight uses his finger puppet to communicate somewhat obscure predictions, and of course, he gets into plenty of trouble. In fact, he ends up removed from school and scheduled for a hearing to determine whether he may return to school or must be placed in an alternative setting. His friend Tommy collects proof of the good Dwi...more

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Oct 29, 2012 Gabe (gav2) rated it 5 of 5 stars

I liked this realistic fiction story. It is a good way to continue the Origami Yoda series.
In this story, Dwight gets sent to a school for bad kids, called CREF. Many of the students at the McQuarrie Middle school are writing letters to the school board to bring him back, because of the good advice his origami finger puppet named Origami Yoda gave them for their personal problems. One reason is that he solved the problem for kids complaining about a girl named Lisa, being very stinky during t...more

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Aug 30, 2012 Mary-Megan rated it 3 of 5 stars

This is the second book of a cute and quirky series. If you are a Star Wars fan you will probably enjoy this book more than the average reader.

In the previous book a kid named Dwight created an origami finger puppet of Yoda - a wise character from Star Wars. Students started going to Origami Yoda for advice and he soon became a huge hit and brought people together. In this book, something Origami Yoda said leads to Dwight being expelled and possibly sent to another school. This book is then a "...more

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Sep 22, 2011 Leslie rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: juvenile, natalyas-shelf, a-boy-s-shelf, chapter-book-8-11, middle-school-11-14, part-of-a-series

It is true that Tom Angleberger has a “proven knack for humorously exploring the intrigues, fads, and dramas of middle school.” In this wonderful sequel to The Strange Case of Origami Yoda, Darth Paper Strikes Back features girlfriend angst, dating, video game criticism, electives, fund-raising, that annoying kid, body odor, and cafeteria food. It addresses that feeling of helplessness in an environment that seems only to take things away. Without the provision of a platform for protest, solutio...more It is true that Tom Angleberger has a “proven knack for humorously exploring the intrigues, fads, and dramas of middle school.” In this wonderful sequel to The Strange Case of Origami Yoda, Darth Paper Strikes Back features girlfriend angst, dating, video game criticism, electives, fund-raising, that annoying kid, body odor, and cafeteria food. It addresses that feeling of helplessness in an environment that seems only to take things away. Without the provision of a platform for protest, solutions (options), or compromise, Tommy and others find a voice and a way in and around the system. Darth Paper does this with a lot of humor, of course.

Like the Origami Yoda, Darth Paper is told via an opening and closing narratives with stories (“cases”) sandwiched in between. Where the first book would explore the authenticity of Dwight’s claims that Origami Yoda is for real, this case file sets out to argue for the strange paper-folding Dwight’s place at McQuarrie Middle School. Again there are stories by various narrators whom Angleberger captures and maintains consistency with enviable ease. Kellen provides the drawings, and even Harvey manages to add his two cents to every entry. The book, too, would illustrate the value even the annoying jerks might have.

And of course, there is the return of Star Wars references and themes. While I don’t think you can enjoy book one without having seen any of the Star Wars films/stories, pop culture being what it is, I think fans will find even greater wit and charm in Darth Paper, especially the dark origami finger puppets quotes.

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Origami Yoda provides oft cryptic answers to the most pressing questions, and the way the said answers play out create wonderful intrigue, but also space for creative problem-solving. This should never be phrased this way when handing this book to a middle-schooler. Angleberger has brilliantly realized a venue. His books are a place for readers to commiserate, laugh, and remember their own potential without making the book into another steeply dramatic exploratory scenario realist fiction.

I like Angleberger’s solutions, some yet open-ended, others in the form of a nicely placed resurrection of old pencil war games, I mean, in the form of seeking out a nice teacher (because they do exist) for help finding solutions to your problems. Primarily it is the book’s playful yet serious engagement in conversations intelligent and passionate young people are having; ones they should have some encouragement vocalizing to the powers that be. If anything, it is good practice for all the other authoritative institutions they will grow up to encounter. Am I hinting at some healthy subversive tone in Darth Paper? Yes. Jimmy Gownley’s wondermous series Amelia Rules! was happily recalled. I would give these as a boxed set.

And speaking of comics (long or otherwise), Tommy gifts his love interest with Robot Dreams by Sara Varon. You could read the placement into the story, but I was just giddy to see its mention. Just go ahead and hand your son or daughter Robot Dreams when you give them Darth Paper Strikes Back. If either you and/or the middle-school aged person in your life haven’t even read The Strange Case of Origami Yoda, then I suggest you remedy this immediately. Tom Angleberger and his novels really are just too fantastic to miss.

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Dec 11, 2012 Sarah rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: kids

I must admit, I had my doubts about this one. At first it seemed like a replica of the first one, only written since Origami Yoda #1 was so successful. It wasn't until the story was wrapped up in the end that I realized how awesome it was!

I think that Origami Yoda #1 was full of great Jedi advice that led characters to solve problems in creative ways without getting too worked up over anything. It also encouraged accepting weird people, since they often have surprisingly valuable contributions.

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Feb 20, 2012 Josiah rated it 2 of 5 stars

If you thought that the happy conclusion to The Strange Case of Origami Yoda was the end of the major troubles for Dwight, Tommy, Kellen and the rest of the group, then you were mistaken. Their problems only seem to escalate in this second book of the series as a misunderstanding between Dwight, his Origami Yoda finger puppet and a girl who asks the tiny Jedi oracle a very important question balloons into a fiasco that finds Dwight suspended from school indefinitely, and subject to a hearing th...more If you thought that the happy conclusion to The Strange Case of Origami Yoda was the end of the major troubles for Dwight, Tommy, Kellen and the rest of the group, then you were mistaken. Their problems only seem to escalate in this second book of the series as a misunderstanding between Dwight, his Origami Yoda finger puppet and a girl who asks the tiny Jedi oracle a very important question balloons into a fiasco that finds Dwight suspended from school indefinitely, and subject to a hearing that will determine whether or not he is to be expelled.

Just as in the first book, Tommy has agreed to put together a "case file" of all the good that Dwight and Origami Yoda have done around their school, including crucial first-person testimonials regarding the many times that Yoda's advice has helped students to work their way out of major jams. Harvey, though, always the negative voice to Yoda's sensible wisdom, isn't going to make things easy for Tommy. Harvey is still out to prove that Origami Yoda (and Dwight, by extension) are frauds, and he has enlisted the help of his own Star Wars finger puppet to do so. Darth Paper—complete with red lightsaber—is the newest in origami artistry at the school, and while the making of the puppet itself may be an impressive feat, Darth is nowhere near the adviser that Origami Yoda has proven to be. Darth Paper mostly just makes mean remarks to and about other students, often based cleverly on actual lines that Darth Vader spoke in the Star Wars films. Tommy can't allow himself to be distracted by Harvey's antics, though. Without a strong case file to back up the assertion that Dwight doesn't deserve to be expelled, Origami Yoda may be lost forever, and with him will go the golden advice that has kept the students at Dwight's school out of so much trouble these last several months.

As in The Strange Case of Origami Yoda, author Tom Angleberger builds well to a tense, exciting finish as Tommy prepares to go before the school board and speak his piece on behalf of Dwight. He may not exactly be a close friend of Dwight's, but he can see that Dwight is definitely being railroaded, and that at this point he's the only one with the power to save him from expulsion. With this in mind he approaches the board to speak, to perform a good deed on behalf of a classmate for no reason other than that it's the right thing to do. Perhaps Origami Yoda has been more of an influence on the student body for good than the disbelieving school faculty realized.

While I might not rate Darth Paper Strikes Back as highly as I did The Strange Case of Origami Yoda, there's no denying that this is an imaginative book, and genuinely heartfelt at times, as well. It's an effectively humorous story, of course, but there are also unseen layers of substance surrounding the plot, like a halo on the outside of one's vision that seems to disappear if one looks directly at it. I love Tom Angleberger's writing style, and I'm looking forward to reading more of what he has for us as he further develops his storytelling skills. He may never win the Newbery Medal, but then again, I wouldn't be all that surprised if one day he did. I would probably give two and a half stars to Darth Paper Strikes Back, and I encourage all who enjoyed The Strange Case of Origami Yoda to make time for this sequel. (less)

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Feb 15, 2012 Jackie rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: humor, school, children-fiction, origami-paperfolding

In this sequel to The Strange Case of Origami Yoda, Tommy, Dwight and all the kids from McQuarrie Middle School are back with more problems to solve. This time, however, the main problem involves Dwight personally...he is about to get kicked out of McQuarrie Middle School and sent to Cref (an alternative school for kids who are violent or not able to assimilate into a public school classroom). Origami Yoda (who was created by Dwight and is his constant 'companion'), asks Tommy to create a case f...more

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Aug 14, 2012 Nick James rated it 5 of 5 stars

Yet another good book in the Origami Yoda series, with even more weirdness, finger puppets, and the evil Harvey.
The school thinks Dwight is a bad influence and threaten to send him to CREF, a school for juvenile deliquents (which Dwight is NOT). If the kids don't make another case file that persuades the school board to let Dwight go back to McQuarrie Middle School, Dwight would get pummelled to shreds at CREF. To make things worse, Harvey makes an anti Origami Yoda puppet named Darth Paper and...more

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Jul 05, 2012 Suzanne rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: juvenile-fiction

I do not particularly enjoy reading the books in this series. This is book #2 of the Origami Yoda series. The books are full of Star Wars references that I do not really follow. However, there are students that like the Star Wars series and would like the books.

On first glance, this is a shallow series about an outcast boy who becomes popular at school because he creates an oigami Yoda finger puppet who gives advice to junior high students.

With more thought and insight this is the story of how...more

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Nov 08, 2011 Heidi rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2011-book-challenge, fiction, humor, ya-12-19, series, children-0-12, tween-10-13, juv-6-12

A fun (and silly) sequel that follows up the first book rather well. I was happy with how things ended--very relieved, actually. Still enjoyed the many Star Wars references, quotes, and doodles. I didn't think the story/stories quite measured up to the first book, and I didn't feel I got to know the characters as well in this book.

There was also still my issue with some of the language/name-calling/meanness. There was quaffling over the first book whether or not to put it in YF or JF. JF won ou...more

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Sep 25, 2012 Izzie V rated it 5 of 5 stars

Darth Paper Strikes Back
By: Tom Angleberger
176 pages

It's a really tough time for Dwight and his friends. Dwight's in trouble because of Origami Yoda. Dwight made Yoda in sixth grade to help him and other people throughout the year. Now in seventh grade Harvey made an Origami Darth Paper. Harvey also thinks that Darth Paper is better than Origami Yoda. Harvey also, helped in getting Dwight a suspension because of Origami Yoda. Now since Dwight is suspended he want's Tommy to write a case file t...more

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Jun 29, 2012 Kathleen rated it 3 of 5 stars

After reading and throughly enjoying The Strange Case of Origami Yoda, my daughter informed me that there was a sequel. So I was derailed briefly from my Caudill List goal. I just had to see what happened with Dwight and Origami Yoda. And just who created Darth Paper? And what would this mean to the balance in The Force at McQuarrie Middle School?

This book did not disappoint. We got to know each character a bit more, especially Dwight. It is still told in the same format- a different student wr...more

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