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While some of the writing style and content doesn't work for grownups, I think that kids of the age of the characters in the book will more easily fall into the story. My only problem with it is that at that same age, I would have considered Dwight to be just too annoying. Some of his craziness makes sense, in a crazy way, but other parts are just a little too self-serving and annoying, like the class clown stuff [eating the chalk when sent to the blackboard to do a problem] and the unfunny joke
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It seems like a cute concept but I found it hard to keep the characters separate in my head, except for Dwight. I think it has some charms and if you're age appropriate I would recommend it.
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I started this back at the end of the summer, but so many kids wanted to read my copy that I didn't get to finish it until now. I can certainly see why it was so popular. Origami Yoda is a great next step for fans of Diary of A Wimpy Kid or Big Nate. This is fun book about a boy who is kind of unusual and not particularly aware who creates an Origami Yoda puppet that he wears on his finger and then Yoda dispenses advice. Is the advice from Dwight (the creator of the puppet) or from Yoda? What un
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E erybody is strange in middle school and enjoy this cast of characters I did.
Jul 14, 2012
Jen
marked it as to-read
