the strange case of origami yoda by tom angleberger

Tommy confronts the ethical dilemma of standing up for the weird kid and the angst of school dances: “My hands were shaking and my stomach was excited like the time my dad accidentally drove into a fire hydrant.” But with enigmatic counsel like “Cheetos for everyone you must buy,” Yoda keeps the mystery alive. Masterpiece (2009) by Elise Broach, illustrated by Kelly Murphy Henry Holt and Co. Angleberger peppers his chapters with spot-on boy banter, humorously crude Captain Underpants–style drawings, and wisecrack asides that comically address the social land mines of middle school. The Strange Case of Origami Yoda (2011) by Tom Angleberger Harry N. From another, he is simply the “green paperwad” animated by Tommy's misfit friend, Dwight, who “wear shorts with his socks pulled up above his knees” and stares into space “like a hypnotized chicken.” Compiling a series of funny, first-person accounts of Yoda's wisdom from his friends, Tommy hopes to solve this mystery to determine whether to trust Yoda's advice about asking a certain girl to dance.

From one perspective, Origami Yoda is a finger puppet that offers cryptic but oddly sage advice to Tommy and his classmates. This is Tommy's case file of his investigation into 'The Strange Case of Origami Yoda.“Is Origami Yoda real?” is the question that plagues sixth-grader Tommy and drives the plot of this snappy debut. 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. Tommy wants to know how Origami Yoda can be so smart when Dwight himself is so clueless.

His advice actually works, and soon most of the sixth grade is lining up with questions. Origami Yoda can predict the future and suggest the best way to deal with a tricky situation. One day he makes an origami finger puppet of Yoda. 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.īut Dwight does one cool thing. Darth Paper Strikes Back The Strange Case of Origami Yoda is the first book in the Origami Yoda book series by Tom Angleberger, and was originally published in March 2010 by Amulet Books.

The strange case of origami yoda by tom angleberger