Dwight is considered strange and weird by most of the kids in his sixth-grade class. One day Dwight decides to bring an origami finger puppet that is made to look like Yoda from Star Wars. Dwight uses his origami puppet to give words of wisdom and advice to those who otherwise would never talk to him. Seeing as how this puppet is saying things that are not normally said by Dwight, some of the kids in the class begin to believe that his finger puppet has a connection to the "Force" and possesses special powers. One of the popular boys in his class, Tommy, becomes intrigued with the Yoda and decides to set up a case against it to see if it really does have powers. Angleberger does a great job of developing the plot and the characters in this novel. Young adult readers get a good look at the many emotions that preteen boys go through as they encounter middle school life.Monday, April 4, 2016
The Strange Case of Origami Yoda
Angleberger, T. (2010). The strange case of origami yoda. NY: Amulet Books
Dwight is considered strange and weird by most of the kids in his sixth-grade class. One day Dwight decides to bring an origami finger puppet that is made to look like Yoda from Star Wars. Dwight uses his origami puppet to give words of wisdom and advice to those who otherwise would never talk to him. Seeing as how this puppet is saying things that are not normally said by Dwight, some of the kids in the class begin to believe that his finger puppet has a connection to the "Force" and possesses special powers. One of the popular boys in his class, Tommy, becomes intrigued with the Yoda and decides to set up a case against it to see if it really does have powers. Angleberger does a great job of developing the plot and the characters in this novel. Young adult readers get a good look at the many emotions that preteen boys go through as they encounter middle school life.
Dwight is considered strange and weird by most of the kids in his sixth-grade class. One day Dwight decides to bring an origami finger puppet that is made to look like Yoda from Star Wars. Dwight uses his origami puppet to give words of wisdom and advice to those who otherwise would never talk to him. Seeing as how this puppet is saying things that are not normally said by Dwight, some of the kids in the class begin to believe that his finger puppet has a connection to the "Force" and possesses special powers. One of the popular boys in his class, Tommy, becomes intrigued with the Yoda and decides to set up a case against it to see if it really does have powers. Angleberger does a great job of developing the plot and the characters in this novel. Young adult readers get a good look at the many emotions that preteen boys go through as they encounter middle school life.
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