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Strange Case Of Origami Yoda (Origami Yoda #1)
by
Tom Angleberger (Goodreads Author)
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...more
154 pages
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(first published March 1st 2010)
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A friend recommended this book to me and this ended up being one of my favorite books. Origami Yoda is about a sixth grade class. There is a really strange boy named Dwight who has an Origami Yoda, and he wears it on his finger. In this book Origami Yoda spreads his wisdom to everyone who wants his help. But the big question is: is Origami Yoda real or is it just Dwight trying to play a prank. Tommy and his friends Kellen, and Harvey need to find out. If they don’t something very bad could happe...more
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 underst...more
Originally read 3/23/2012
Reread (second time listening) 4/13/2012
I loved it. This book is quickly becoming a favorite in my fourth grade classroom. I loved how each chapter was told from the point of a different character with comments from the main narrarator at the end of each chapter. I can't wait to read the sequel. May the force be with you.
Reread (second time listening) 4/13/2012
I loved it. This book is quickly becoming a favorite in my fourth grade classroom. I loved how each chapter was told from the point of a different character with comments from the main narrarator at the end of each chapter. I can't wait to read the sequel. May the force be with you.
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Do you believe that the force is with you? When Dwight's origami Yoda appears to have the correct answers, all hail to him and seek his counsel. Yet, some are reluctant to believe. The reason for this is because Dwight is a social outcast who goes outside the realm of normality. However, the more the origami Yoda answers correctly, the greater are his followers. To what extent is this Dwight's doing, if any? If not Dwight, is this origami Yoda really all knowing and wise? You must read to find o...more
...The Strange Case of Origami Yoda is Tommy's casebook. He documents his own interactions with Origami Yoda and asks his friends to contribute theirs as well. This works really well on audio - a cast of five actors impersonate Tommy, Kellen, Quavondo, Sara, and resident skeptic Harvey with varying degrees of believable immaturity. Hearing the way each actor interprets each kid's Yoda imitation is particularly entertaining. The four boys I ferried to and from a field trip on Tuesday hung on ever...more
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REVIEW
“This 5 star review you must write.” That would be the advice my own Origami Yoda gave to me. Since I believe in Origami Yoda, I am going to follow that advice.
In this imaginative middle grade book, sixth-grader Tommy presents his investigation into whether or not Origami Yoda is real. The book is written in a tween-friendly style with plenty of pencil drawings and funny blurbs in the margins. There are fun chapter titles and comments from Tommy’s classmates. My eight-year-old brother has...more
“This 5 star review you must write.” That would be the advice my own Origami Yoda gave to me. Since I believe in Origami Yoda, I am going to follow that advice.
In this imaginative middle grade book, sixth-grader Tommy presents his investigation into whether or not Origami Yoda is real. The book is written in a tween-friendly style with plenty of pencil drawings and funny blurbs in the margins. There are fun chapter titles and comments from Tommy’s classmates. My eight-year-old brother has...more
May 07, 2013
Jen
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3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
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Angleberger, T. (2010). The strange case of origami Yoda. New York, New York: Amulet Books.
A bunch of 6th graders at McQuarrie Middle School start to believe in Origami Yoda. He is the creation of one of the kids, Dwight, a spazzy, weird kid that other kids make fun of. Several of the kids write stories, which the book is a composite of, about how Origami Yoda gave them advice and how it was successful. Origami Yoda, who lives on Dwight’s fingers, gains popularity among the kids, and in turn, Dw...more
A bunch of 6th graders at McQuarrie Middle School start to believe in Origami Yoda. He is the creation of one of the kids, Dwight, a spazzy, weird kid that other kids make fun of. Several of the kids write stories, which the book is a composite of, about how Origami Yoda gave them advice and how it was successful. Origami Yoda, who lives on Dwight’s fingers, gains popularity among the kids, and in turn, Dw...more
May 03, 2013
Natasha Gj
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5 of 5 stars
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Con una preciosa edición en relieve, con páginas a color negro y gris (el blanco aquí no está de moda), llena de graciosas anotaciones y con dibujos cómicos muy ilustrativos, El extraño caso de Yoda Origami es una fabulosa historia, contada por los protagonistas en pequeños relatos (que se pueden leer de manera independiente) que quieren resolver sus problemas adolescentes siguiendo los consejos de un origami que representa a Yoda (personaje de Star Wars) en el dedo del chico más "tonto" de la e...more
Apr 25, 2013
Robert Kent
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5 of 5 stars
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Glad to see you I am, Esteemed Reader. Enjoy this week's book you will. Growing tired of this Yoda talk already, you are. Annoying, it is. Helping, this isn't.
Okay, fine. I'll do the rest of the review in boring old forward-speak and the Force will just have to be with us anyway. Whichever direction our sentences, I'm very excited to have Tom Angleberger with us this week as he's kind of a big deal:)
He's what I call a "Wal-Mart famous author" meaning I can buy his book at Wal-Mart. Most small to...more
Okay, fine. I'll do the rest of the review in boring old forward-speak and the Force will just have to be with us anyway. Whichever direction our sentences, I'm very excited to have Tom Angleberger with us this week as he's kind of a big deal:)
He's what I call a "Wal-Mart famous author" meaning I can buy his book at Wal-Mart. Most small to...more
Mar 05, 2013
Annette
rated it
3 of 5 stars
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I'm really not sure how to write a review for this book. First of all, this is not my usual genre, but it's on the Battle of the Books list that Serena signed up to participate in this year. I'm trying to encourage her and so we are reading the books together. At first, I thought it was going to be like Diary of a Wimpy Kid of which I am NOT a fan, but luckily it's a little better than that. It is similar in that it does have doodles in the margins, but the plot is a step up, at least in my opin...more
Tommy takes on quite the strange case when he tries to figure out if Origami Yoda is for real -- or a hoax perpetrated by his creator, Dwight. After all, there's no way someone as weird as Dwight could possibly be dispensing the wisdom spilling forth from Yoda. But the entire 6th grade class, and even some in higher grades, have been taken in by what the tiny folded paper has to say.
I wasn't sure what to expect from this book, which I've been meaning to read for a while. On one hand, I set the b...more
I wasn't sure what to expect from this book, which I've been meaning to read for a while. On one hand, I set the b...more
In this book the main character is Tommy who is in seventh grade. This story takes place at a middle school. Tommy wants to know if origami Yoda can actually use the force, but Tommy’s friend thinks that Yoda is a total fraud. Origami Yoda has been answering many people’s questions but Tommy wants to ask a very important one. But the problem is that if Yoda is wrong then it can ruin his life forever and he will me mortally embarrassed in front of everyone. Will Yoda be right? Find out what happe...more
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Kimmel’s Pick
Genre – Contemporary Realism
Summary:
Dwight isn’t a normal sixth grader. He is considered quite weird and doesn’t help himself by making an origami finger puppet of Yoda to wear. Things change when Origami Yoda seems to offer advice that works and can predict the future at times. Students start to believe in Origami Yoda and treat Dwight differently. Is Dwight playing a trick or does Origami Yoda have a connection to the Force?
A) Characters/Readability
B) The characters are easy to re...more
Genre – Contemporary Realism
Summary:
Dwight isn’t a normal sixth grader. He is considered quite weird and doesn’t help himself by making an origami finger puppet of Yoda to wear. Things change when Origami Yoda seems to offer advice that works and can predict the future at times. Students start to believe in Origami Yoda and treat Dwight differently. Is Dwight playing a trick or does Origami Yoda have a connection to the Force?
A) Characters/Readability
B) The characters are easy to re...more
I loved, loved, loved this book! It is written from the point of view of different characters, which appeals to me. I've read a few books recently that have done this and I find it interesting to read different accounts of a similar event.
This book definitely reads as if it is being written by middle school students. The words and phrasing fit how they would talk/write. I loved the pictures that another "middle school student" illustrated the book with and with the notes in the margins...very fu...more
This book definitely reads as if it is being written by middle school students. The words and phrasing fit how they would talk/write. I loved the pictures that another "middle school student" illustrated the book with and with the notes in the margins...very fu...more
The Strange Case Of Origami Yoda by Tom Angleberger
realistic fiction 141 pages
I read it on November-26-12
In Origami Yoda the main character is Tommy. Tommy tries to figure out if origami yoda can actually use the force. To try to figure this out he makes a case file. In the case file there are stories when people have asked origami yoda questions. In one of the stories Tommy wants to dance with a girl but, he dose not want to ask her. So Tommy asks origami yoda what to do and he says “nothing...more
realistic fiction 141 pages
I read it on November-26-12
In Origami Yoda the main character is Tommy. Tommy tries to figure out if origami yoda can actually use the force. To try to figure this out he makes a case file. In the case file there are stories when people have asked origami yoda questions. In one of the stories Tommy wants to dance with a girl but, he dose not want to ask her. So Tommy asks origami yoda what to do and he says “nothing...more
Dwight is one of those kids who walks to a different drummer. This is particularly challenging in middle school when the pack-animal instinct encourages kids to embrace conformity to an alarming degree. One day Dwight creates an origami Yoda finger puppet and starts answering questions and giving advice in Yoda's persona. Tommy starts a notebook to trace the results of Yoda's advice with some help from his friends Dwight and Kellen. Tommy is desperate to know whether to trust origami Yoda or not...more
Nov 05, 2012
Lego Robot Ninja
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
Luke
Mum: So, how many stars?
LRN: Four, because there's one giant fat glowing flaw, and also it says I was right 5000 glowing times in the third book. You guessed it? It was Harvey.
Mum: Um, what? So you're assessing this book by the sequels?
LRN: Kind of.
Mum: So what was the flaw, exactly?
LRN: It's that Harvey is annoying, and he writes these comments about evidence that isn't right. But, the flaw is vanquished by Tommy, another guy that isn't annoying and wants to know if Origami Yoda is real. (Psss...more
LRN: Four, because there's one giant fat glowing flaw, and also it says I was right 5000 glowing times in the third book. You guessed it? It was Harvey.
Mum: Um, what? So you're assessing this book by the sequels?
LRN: Kind of.
Mum: So what was the flaw, exactly?
LRN: It's that Harvey is annoying, and he writes these comments about evidence that isn't right. But, the flaw is vanquished by Tommy, another guy that isn't annoying and wants to know if Origami Yoda is real. (Psss...more
Multimodal Novel:
This story documents the trails of a group of 6th grade boys. I would recommend “Smile” by Telgemeier for middle school girls, and this book for middle school boys. The Strange Case of Origami Yoda is Tommy’s casebook. There are several voices present in the notebook being passed around; Tommy is recording his interactions with Origami Yoda and asks his friends to contribute theirs as well; he needs to know if Origami Yoda is real because Origami Yoda gave him some advice about...more
This story documents the trails of a group of 6th grade boys. I would recommend “Smile” by Telgemeier for middle school girls, and this book for middle school boys. The Strange Case of Origami Yoda is Tommy’s casebook. There are several voices present in the notebook being passed around; Tommy is recording his interactions with Origami Yoda and asks his friends to contribute theirs as well; he needs to know if Origami Yoda is real because Origami Yoda gave him some advice about...more
Although I was not fully intrigued by this book, I believe that it did have a lot of great qualities. For example, if I had some reluctant readers in a early or middle school language arts class, I would be very confident that this book would allow readers to really get engaged with a work that is not too overwhelming of a text, but is nonetheless, a novel. The idea behind the book is very interesting, as it is not just a story told about sixth grade students, but rather, the reader is able to r...more
Oct 28, 2012
Theresa Kern
rated it
5 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
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The Strange Case of Origami Yoda Tommy and his group of friends, most importantly Dwight. Dwight is a rather odd kid, who does not have most of his life worked out. What does have though is Origami Yoda. Origami Yoda is a finger puppet who answers people’s questions and solves their problems. It seems as though Origami Yoda can see the future with how perfect his advice works out! The book contains all of the firsthand accounts of Origami Yoda’s answers. Tommy, the narrator, compiled these and w...more
One day a boy called Dwight, who's a little different from everyone else (or a loser, as some classmates unkindly put it), makes an Origami Yoda that dispenses advice. Even though the boy behind Origami Yoda is regularly to be found shouting 'purple' at random intervals, the class gradually starts to take his puppet's advice - it's sensible, it's logical and best of all, it works. Gradually, Origami Yoda gains more and more fans, but what about Dwight? Why is it so easy to be friends with folded...more
Genre: Multimodal Novel
What an interesting book! I have not always found these types of books to be stories I would be interested in reading because they do not hold my attention well. After starting Origami Yoda I realized that some of these stories in this genre may hold my attention. I will not say I am a fan of this genre yet, but I do not mind reading them now. This story was well written in the "voices" of many kids that made the story funny and lighthearted. It was great to read a story w...more
What an interesting book! I have not always found these types of books to be stories I would be interested in reading because they do not hold my attention well. After starting Origami Yoda I realized that some of these stories in this genre may hold my attention. I will not say I am a fan of this genre yet, but I do not mind reading them now. This story was well written in the "voices" of many kids that made the story funny and lighthearted. It was great to read a story w...more
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Multimodal Novel
I selected this book to read because I am a huge Star Wars fan. Of course, the focus of the book was the trials of teenage boys. Yes, the origami Yoda plays a large part, but this book is primarily about a group of friends finding their way through relationships: with each other and with girls. I am glad I chose to read this book because, I find that I spend a good deal of my time working with boys in my building. As a female teacher, I find it difficult to recommend books that w...more
I selected this book to read because I am a huge Star Wars fan. Of course, the focus of the book was the trials of teenage boys. Yes, the origami Yoda plays a large part, but this book is primarily about a group of friends finding their way through relationships: with each other and with girls. I am glad I chose to read this book because, I find that I spend a good deal of my time working with boys in my building. As a female teacher, I find it difficult to recommend books that w...more
This book is hilarious. It won the 2011-2012 Bluebonnet Award, which I learned is an award created by Texas librarians.
A committee chooses books published within the past three years that they think will be interesting to ages third to sixth grade. Students then vote for which of the nominated books that they like best and the winner is chosen by the students. It's a fun idea. My main consideration about the award is that there are so many classic books to read that I'm loathe to spend time on...more
A committee chooses books published within the past three years that they think will be interesting to ages third to sixth grade. Students then vote for which of the nominated books that they like best and the winner is chosen by the students. It's a fun idea. My main consideration about the award is that there are so many classic books to read that I'm loathe to spend time on...more
Aug 25, 2012
Jessica
rated it
4 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Recommends it for:
4 - 8th graders
In many ways, this book is the bane of good reading teachers everywhere. Structure? Terrible. Descriptive writing? What's that? Writing level versus interest level? Ugh.
But here's the truth of the book: I'm about a decade and a half too old for it, and I loved it.
The fact is that The Strange Case of Origami Yoda is a high interest book that is going to hook your kids. And any teacher or parent with a kid that hates reading knows that interest comes first; they'll never care about story structure...more
But here's the truth of the book: I'm about a decade and a half too old for it, and I loved it.
The fact is that The Strange Case of Origami Yoda is a high interest book that is going to hook your kids. And any teacher or parent with a kid that hates reading knows that interest comes first; they'll never care about story structure...more
Jun 26, 2012
SeriouslyJerome
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
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This was Sully's first, full-length children's novel. I'm so proud! We started this several months ago, but now that's it's summer, had more time to finish it. He read it out loud to me, so I got to enjoy the story too. I bought it for him, knowing he would enjoy the subject matter, even though the age range is a few years beyond him. It seems boys of any age enjoy stories that include barf, Cheetos, & of course Star Wars characters... He has already started in on the next book, Darth Paper...more
Jun 21, 2012
Tiffany
rated it
3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
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boy-readers
The Strange Case of Origami Yoda will be a good read for boys, especially those who are fans of Star Wars. The chapters are each entries in Tommy's Case Files, stories he has collected as evidence to decide whether or not Dwight’s Origami Yoda is truly magical. The entries are told from the perspective of a handful of kids who Origami Yoda has bestowed his wisdom upon.
The story takes place in a middle school setting and has the “typical” kid characters- the weird kid, the class clown, the cute...more
The story takes place in a middle school setting and has the “typical” kid characters- the weird kid, the class clown, the cute...more
There aren’t too many books with the ability to interest and provide educational edification for as large a span of grade levels as Tom Angleberger’s A Strange Case of Origami Yoda (I’d argue from third to sixth). In Origami Yoda, a nerdy kid named Dwight uses an origami finger puppet of Yoda (from Star Wars) to speak to others. Through the puppet, he makes a few predictions that come true, such as the date of a pop-quiz and who stole an object from the classroom. Fellow student, Tommy, starts t...more
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Tom Angleberger artist-turned-writer. He is a columnist for the Roanoke Times in Roanoke, Virginia, and began work on his first book while in middle school. Tom is married to author-illustrator Cece Bell. He lives in Christianburg, Virginia.
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