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The Strange Case of Origami Yoda
- Narrated by: Mark Turetsky, Greg Steinbruner, Jonathan Ross, Julia Gibson, Charlotte Parry
- Series: Origami Yoda, Book 1
- Length: 2 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Release date: 03-29-11
- Language: English
- Publisher: Recorded Books
Regular price: $10.49
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Publisher's Summary
A journalist and fiction author, Tom Angleberger has a knack for capturing the lives of today’s youth. In The Strange Case of Origami Yoda, socially awkward Dwight shows up to school one morning waving a green finger puppet. Strange enough, but then Dwight starts talking in a funny voice and doling out advice. Is it the puppet, or is it Dwight? And will paper Yoda be able to help Dwight convince the girl of his dreams to go to the big dance with him?
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- Jane Harper
- 07-02-15
my boy's loved it
Great read for a family road trip. My 12 year old boys loved it. Good story, funny, and good morals.
7 of 7 people found this review helpful
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- Kimberly
- 08-20-12
Interesting... kids liked it
This is a good book for elementary and middle schoolers. It presents an inventive way to tackle subjects and concerns for that age group. Listening to the story, I don't think kids would understand right off that they are being given advice on how to handle that stage of life, and all of the ordinary but uncomfortable things they face.
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- Crystal
- California
- 02-18-12
6th Graders Love This!
After listening to this story I decided to have my reluctant readers read it together. They love it! After each chapter the students write done the main idea of the chapter, and make a comment. Their comments are on the advice that was given by Origami Yoda. Sometimes they come up with alternative solutions. They can relate to the story because they are in 6th grade just like the characters in the book. We are even doing origami together. Eventually we will try to create Origami Yoda. They are very interested in reading Darth Paper next.
6 of 7 people found this review helpful
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- j
- 03-15-15
Awsome book
This book is amazingly funny and interesting I originally thought it would be horrible it rocks take this info from a 4th grader
5 of 6 people found this review helpful
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- Lizzy
- WASHINGTON CROSSING, PA, United States
- 02-08-12
Clever Short Story
Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?
I would mention that I read it. I would not recommend that someone else needs to reads this however.
What aspect of the narrators’s performance would you have changed?
Too many narrators.
If this book were a movie would you go see it?
No
4 of 5 people found this review helpful
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- dsm99
- Soquel, CA
- 12-18-15
Origami awesomeness
This book is awesome. I love the comments and stories and I looovvvve Twight. Buy this book you must.
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- Melody
- Ocoee, FL
- 10-27-13
Liked it more than the rating
I would probably give the overall rating a 3.5. This was a cute, sweet story about a group of school kids with one social outcast. It is charming because it reminded me of what kids are like at that age. This book is really aimed at kids, and while I enjoyed it - I don't think I was in the mood for a young adult/kids book. I have recommended this book to my friends who are parents. I think this would be a good book to listen to with kids.
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- Theresa L. Hanson
- CT
- 08-31-18
This book was the first book my kids would listen to on audio
Without complaining. They liked it so much they looked forward to the next two we listened to on long drives.
Story is cute. Its a short one.
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- Mark
- Oxford, MS
- 08-06-18
Great for Kids and Their Parents
Picked this title out for a 5 hour road trip with my 10 year old son. He LOVED it and laughed all they way through. He loved it so much that when we finished it I had to pull over at a rest area to find and download the next book in the series. Definitely would recommend this book and the whole series. Dwight is STOOCKY!