The Strange Case of Origami Yoda

THE STRANGE CASE OF

ORIGAMI YODA

By:  Tom Angleberger

FIRST SENTENCE

“The big question:  Is Origami Yoda real?”

SUMMARY
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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.  It 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 clueless.  With contributions from his puzzled classmates, he assembles the case file that forms this novel.

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 pretty much hi-jacked my copy and claimed it as his own.

Oh yes, and then there is Dwight.  He is the creator of Origami Yoda who passes Yoda’s advice on to the other kids.  Dwight is the weird kid.  Every class has one.  He’s the kid who acts really strange and doesn’t care one bit what anyone else has to say about it.  That’s Dwight and I totally LOVED him for it!

If you are in the mood for a short and incredibly funny book, then give The Strange Case of Origami Yoda a spin.  And when you finish reading, get some paper and start folding!  There are instructions for folding your own Origami Yoda at the end of the story. 

RATING

5        Plot

5        Characters

5        Attention Grabbing

3        Girlie Meter

4        Ending

22      TOTAL

5        STARS