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z_tennille's review against another edition
4.0
I choose this as my middle grade book for the Book Riot 2016 challenge. I forgot how comforting it is to read a children's book. I thought it was original content with the origami and the stars wars connection. As an adult, who happens to love star wars, I enjoyed this book thoroughly. Since the story is told from many different voices both boys and girls, would find it entertaining.
lukeknight's review against another edition
4.0
What do I need to say about this book besides the fact that it is Origami Yoda? It's fun, it's clever, it feels like it was written by a bunch of awkward, dorky middle schoolers. I loved this book as a child and I love this book now.
mvasso's review against another edition
5.0
Dwight is the smelly, not-so-bright kid in his sixth-grade class. But his Origami Yoda finger puppet is full of great advice and predictions, and his classmates start to wonder if it's possible for clueless Dwight to be the source of such wisdom. Maybe Origami Yoda really is connected to The Force! But Tommy has to be sure because the stakes are high: he's about to take Origami Yoda's advice about a girl. He compiles the evidence here in "The Strange Case of Origami Yoda" so you can decide for yourself.
This book is totally random, clever, and cute--all things that I LOVE in books. The characters remind me of myself and my friends when we were in sixth grade. Fun, fun, fun!
This book is totally random, clever, and cute--all things that I LOVE in books. The characters remind me of myself and my friends when we were in sixth grade. Fun, fun, fun!
meginsanity's review against another edition
4.0
Anybody who has been through sixth grade can sympathize with the events in this book, I think. Even though I have mostly tried to blot sixth grade out of my memory, this book still rings true, and it has a really genuine, warm heart.
wanderingstories's review against another edition
3.0
I've read this one in German as I've found this in one of those 'free book shelves' in a supermarket.
I thought the summary sounded funny and give it a go. I was pleasantly surprised.
There was humour and some interesting characters - the friendship between all those boys seemed real. This was my first 'High-School' book and thought it was all right.
I thought the summary sounded funny and give it a go. I was pleasantly surprised.
There was humour and some interesting characters - the friendship between all those boys seemed real. This was my first 'High-School' book and thought it was all right.
mehsi's review against another edition
3.0
I heard a lot about this book on the internet (apparently there is/was a whole hype about it). I did like the book, but I don't get the hype. :P
Probably because I read it in Dutch, and the many things that have been Dutchified (Wilhelmina and some other things), I felt the story lacked something. The characters were flat, and sometimes also annoying. I did check things out on the internet (google books has a preview) and things just seemed to flow better. Guess I will be getting these in English when I can. :)
I did like the little origami paper I had in my book (yeah for being the first one to borrow the book), and I made my own Yoda.
Probably because I read it in Dutch, and the many things that have been Dutchified (Wilhelmina and some other things), I felt the story lacked something. The characters were flat, and sometimes also annoying. I did check things out on the internet (google books has a preview) and things just seemed to flow better. Guess I will be getting these in English when I can. :)
I did like the little origami paper I had in my book (yeah for being the first one to borrow the book), and I made my own Yoda.
linneamo's review against another edition
3.0
genre: mystery/realistic
summary: class weirdo, Dwight deals out wisdom with an origami yoda.
notes: doodles, notes, book assembled as case files
for kids who like: diary of a wimpy kid, mysteries
age group: age 7+
my review: juvinille humor but insightful
summary: class weirdo, Dwight deals out wisdom with an origami yoda.
notes: doodles, notes, book assembled as case files
for kids who like: diary of a wimpy kid, mysteries
age group: age 7+
my review: juvinille humor but insightful
devontrevarrowflaherty's review against another edition
3.0
There have been many times during my twelve-year-old son’s life that we have tried to force science fiction, and especially Star Wars on him. While he has grinned and born many of these objects (sheets, clocks) and experiences (movie marathons), he has never really clicked with any of it. I should not have been surprised, then, when I picked up Tom Angleberger’s The Strange Case of Origami Yoda thinking it would help nudge him to read more, that he didn’t even finish it, let alone read the next books in the series, Darth Paper Strikes Back and The Secret of the Fortune Wookie (and now four more after that).
I mean, sounds like a cute idea, right? Chapter books meant for more reluctant readers, complete with little sketches, presented as the case files of a middle school-er trying to figure out if the strange kid’s origami Yoda has the power of the Force behind his sometimes bizarre advice. Each chapter is written from one of the kids’ perspectives and is illustrated by one friend and is given a dissenting opinion by another. It’s really about the nerds finding love and maturing, and some of the characters are rather endearing for such sparse interaction with them. I also enjoyed how the main character blunders through his own changes and awakenings without ever making it obvious or heavy. (His issues include being bold, being kind, and choosing the right kind of friends.)
This is not the world’s best book, not that anyone claimed that it was. It is very, very short and so it can’t develop a tremendous amount. It seems to have the opposite idea from Harry Potter as to how to get kids to read. Less words is better. And a few more drawings. Speaking of which, I did not enjoy the illustrations. I know that they were supposed to be drawn by a middle school-er goofing around, but they were messy and poor, which it turns out I don’t like any better than drawings supposedly done by kids that are clearly done by adults. I also would have preferred if this book were written as a conventional novel, and not in epistolary form. I understand that the whole shtick is that it’s a notebook of a middle school-er, but I think the idea of an advice-giving origami Yoda and the characters themselves is enough to carry this story without the added gimmicks. (Might be more difficult to convince the kids they don’t need the gimmicks.)
Then again, I’m not a middle school boy. I know my middle school boy wasn’t buying it, but plenty of kids have. I do like the idea, and certainly if your kid is a reluctant reader in to sci-fi (not that this book is sci-fi. It’s not) and/or Star Wars or enjoys books in the vein of Captain Underpants, Big Nate, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, or Dog Man, then this would be a good place to go. And, unlike many of these types of books, Origami Yoda does have a heart.
I mean, sounds like a cute idea, right? Chapter books meant for more reluctant readers, complete with little sketches, presented as the case files of a middle school-er trying to figure out if the strange kid’s origami Yoda has the power of the Force behind his sometimes bizarre advice. Each chapter is written from one of the kids’ perspectives and is illustrated by one friend and is given a dissenting opinion by another. It’s really about the nerds finding love and maturing, and some of the characters are rather endearing for such sparse interaction with them. I also enjoyed how the main character blunders through his own changes and awakenings without ever making it obvious or heavy. (His issues include being bold, being kind, and choosing the right kind of friends.)
This is not the world’s best book, not that anyone claimed that it was. It is very, very short and so it can’t develop a tremendous amount. It seems to have the opposite idea from Harry Potter as to how to get kids to read. Less words is better. And a few more drawings. Speaking of which, I did not enjoy the illustrations. I know that they were supposed to be drawn by a middle school-er goofing around, but they were messy and poor, which it turns out I don’t like any better than drawings supposedly done by kids that are clearly done by adults. I also would have preferred if this book were written as a conventional novel, and not in epistolary form. I understand that the whole shtick is that it’s a notebook of a middle school-er, but I think the idea of an advice-giving origami Yoda and the characters themselves is enough to carry this story without the added gimmicks. (Might be more difficult to convince the kids they don’t need the gimmicks.)
Then again, I’m not a middle school boy. I know my middle school boy wasn’t buying it, but plenty of kids have. I do like the idea, and certainly if your kid is a reluctant reader in to sci-fi (not that this book is sci-fi. It’s not) and/or Star Wars or enjoys books in the vein of Captain Underpants, Big Nate, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, or Dog Man, then this would be a good place to go. And, unlike many of these types of books, Origami Yoda does have a heart.
kidlitlove's review against another edition
4.0
Fun book. A sixth grade class asks advice from an origami Yoda. Yoda is pretty wise... Everyone will want their own Yoda!