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The hilarious, clever, and much-anticipatedfollow-up to the breakout hit, The Strange Case ofOrigami Yoda! It is a dark time at Ralph McQuarrie Middle School. After suffering several Origami Yodarelated humiliations, Harvey manages to get Dwight suspended from school for being a ';troublemaker.' Origami Yoda pleads with Tommy and Kellen to save Dwight by making a new case fileone that will show how Dwight's presence benefits McQuarrie. With the help of their friends, Tommy and Kellen record cases such as ';Origami Yoda and the Pre-eaten Wiener,' ';Origami Yoda and the Exploding Pizza Bagels,' and ';Origami Yoda and Wonderland: The Musical.' But Harvey and his Darth Paper puppet have a secret plan that could make Dwight's suspension permanent . . .This is the second case file in the blockbuster bestselling Origami Yoda series, written by Tom Angleberger, author of Star Wars: Return of the Jedi: Beware the Power of the Dark Side, showcasing his proven knack for authentically capturing the intrigues, fads, and dramas of middle school in ';a satisfying tale of friendship and just resistance to authority' (Kirkus Reviews, starred review).Praise for Darth PaperStrikes BackSTARREDREIVEW';Angleberger's just-as-funny follow-up to The Strange Case of Origami Yodadelves deeper into the mystery of the helpful paper Yoda in a satisfying tale of friendship and just resistance to authority.Pitch-perfect middle-school milieu and enough Star Wars references (and laughs) to satisfy fans and win new ones.'Kirkus Reviews, starred review';In this imaginative sequelauthor Tom Angleberger has his finger puppet squarely on the erratic pulse of middle-school life, with its shifting allegiances, squeals, moans and misgivings.'Washington Post ';As with this story's predecessor, the well-observed middle-school dynamics (and Angleberger's sharp sense of humor) are greatly amplified by the books design, which includes faux wrinkled pages, abundant doodles, and other scrawled marginalia. Its a natural step up from the Wimpy Kid series, with more text and narrative complexity, but just as much on-target humor and all-around fun.' Publishers Weekly ';This book is honest, funny, and immensely entertaining. The illustrations and design will engage readers. Based on the positive reception Origami Yoda has received, kids will be clamoring for this sequel. They won't be disappointed.' School Library Journal';The Force is with Tom Angleberger in this sequel to his funny and clever novel/comics hybrid, The Strange Case of Origami Yoda. A sequel to equal the funny and clever novel/comics debut of the Origami Yoda, as Dwight's friends try to save him from reform school.Shelf Awareness ';With the same deft touch that made The Strange Case of Origami Yoda a pleasure, Angleberger takes readers through the ups and downs of adolescence.' Portland Book Review ';Darth Paper offers further proof that Angleberger really understands middle-schoolers and the daily dramas that engulf them, while still finding the humor inherent in their situations.Scripps News

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Publié par	ABRAMS BOOKS
Date de parution	07 août 2012
Nombre de lectures	2
EAN13	9781613122785
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	7 Mo

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PUBLISHER S NOTE: This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either the product of the author s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Angleberger, Tom.
Darth Paper strikes back : an Origami Yoda book / Tom Angleberger. p. cm.
Summary: Harvey, upset when his Darth Paper finger puppet brings humiliation, gets Dwight suspended, but Origami Yoda asks Tommy and Kellen, now in seventh grade, to make a new casefile to persuade the School Board to reinstate Dwight.
ISBN 978-1-4197-0027-9 [1. Yoda (Fictitious character : Lucas)-Fiction. 2. Finger puppets-Fiction. 3. Origami-Fiction. 4. Eccentrics and eccentricities-Fiction. 5. Interpersonal relations-Fiction. 6. Middle schools-Fiction. 7. Schools-Fiction.] I. Title. PZ7.A585Dar 2011 [Fic]-dc22
2011010388

Text copyright 2011 Tom Angleberger
The cover and front matter illustrations are by Tom Angleberger and Jason Rosenstock. All other illustrations are by the author. The cover illustration and all other illustrations depicting Yoda, Darth Vader, and any and all other Star Wars properties are copyright 2011 Lucasfilm Ltd. Title and character and place names protected by all applicable trademark laws. All rights reserved. Used under authorization.
Book design by Melissa Arnst
Published in 2011 by Amulet Books, an imprint of ABRAMS. All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, mechanical, electronic, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without written permission from the publisher. Amulet Books and Amulet Paperbacks are registered trademarks of Harry N. Abrams, Inc.

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This Book is Dedicated to SusaN VaN Metre, Who Believed iN Origami Yoda From the BegiNNiNg.

Darth Paper Strikes Back!
by Tommy

It is a dark time at McQuarrie Middle School . . .
When did it start? I can tell you exactly when it started.
The first day of school. The very first day of seventh grade. We didn t even get one good day. We got, like, five minutes.
It was kind of like that scene where Han and Leia think they re going to breakfast with Lando. And they re walking down the hall thinking, I d like some chocolate chip ________________________________________
pancakes, and then they get to the dining room and all of a sudden . . . there s Vader. (And no chocolate chip pancakes.)
So on the first morning of seventh grade, we were all hanging around the library-me and Sara, Kellen and Rhondella, Lance and Amy. It just felt like everything was perfect and the whole year was going to be perfect. We were all saying hello, and Kellen was introducing us to this sixth-grader he knew named Murky, and they were telling us this crazy story about what happened to them at the skate park over the summer because of Origami Yoda.
Then all of a sudden . . . there s Harvey.
Paperwad Yoda? Sorry, this isn t the year of Paperwad Yoda.
And then he goes, Bom bom bom bom-ba-bomb bom-ba-bomb. Vader s theme.
And he sticks out his hand and there it is: an origami Darth Vader, made out of black paper, with shiny silver eyes and a red paper lightsaber.
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There are a lot of things that might have happened next. I was about to say, That s awesome, because I did think it was awesome.
But before any of us guys could say anything like that, Rhondella says, Aww, it s so cute!
And Sara says, Yeah, it really is cute, Harvey.
And Amy says, He s so teeeny!
Harvey was furious, of course. His voice got loud and high-pitched, which is always a bad sign with Harvey.
Darth Paper is not cute! he yelled.
I love his little lightsaber! Sara squealed.
Will you make me a pink one? asked Rhondella.
I should have known you people would act like this! hollered Harvey.
I tried to calm him down a bit. Harvey, ree-lax. They re saying they like it. Here, let me get a good look at it.
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I reached out for it, but he yanked it away.
Shove it, Tommy, he snarled, and stomped off.
Then he turned around and held up Darth Paper and did a perfect Vader impression: Do not underestimate the power of the Dark Side!
Then he left.
You guys are so weird, said Rhondella.
What did WE do? asked Kellen. Don t blame us for-
But Rhondella wasn t listening anymore, because some other girls had shown up and they were all hugging and saying I missed you and Where did you go this summer? and all that kind of stuff. Then they all sat down at one table, and we all sat down at the other table, and the perfect morning was over . . . and so was the perfect year.
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Harvey s Comment
You forgot to mention that I also do the Darth Vader breathing sound perfectly.
Tommy s Comment: Good grief ! Not only did Harvey (and Vader) ruin everything, he even tricked me into letting him write his stupid comments again. Arrgh!
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Darth Paper vs. Origami Yoda
by Tommy

The good news is that Dwight showed up a little while later with Origami Yoda.
Last year, Origami Yoda did all kinds of stuff to make our lives better. Like, he got everyone to stop calling Quavondo Cheeto Hog and he got Mike to stop crying every time he struck out in P.E. And then there was the amazing miracle of making a school Fun Night actually fun. Origami Yoda helped me ask Sara to dance, and a bunch of us who have never danced before ended up doing this crazy move called the Twist.
The bad news is that this year Origami Yoda s up against the destructive force of Darth Paper, and can t seem to handle it.
It has all gone wrong since that first day. Now it s October and Darth Paper has pretty much destroyed all the good Origami Yoda did last year. Now the girls don t like us. The teachers don t like us. Some of us don t even like each other.
Sara, who I thought was practically my girlfriend, is going on a date with Tater Tot. That s right! Sara and Tater Tot!
Meanwhile, Rhondella won t talk to Kellen. Lance and Amy broke up. And Mike s crying in class again!
But it s been even worse for Dwight. He s been suspended from school, and the school board is going to decide if he should get sent to CREF-the Correctional and Remedial Education Facility-the school where they send the really, really bad kids, which Dwight isn t. Amy s older brother said the toughest, meanest, nastiest guy in his class was sent ________________________________________
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there . . . and got beat up! It s kind of like Jabba s palace, except without the alien rock band.
This would be the ultimate defeat for Origami Yoda! And we think that Darth Paper is behind it. I just find it hard to believe that even Darth Paper/Harvey could be so evil!
So with Dwight out of school for almost two weeks now, the rest of us have gone back to being losers. Because, obviously, if Dwight s not here, Origami Yoda isn t here either, since Dwight is the one who goes around with Origami Yoda on his finger and makes him give advice.
Last year we tried to figure out if Origami Yoda was real. If he was using the Force or if Dwight was somehow playing a trick on us. But if you want to know more about that, you can read the first case file. This case file is for a different reason.
This case file is to try to save Dwight and Origami Yoda from the school board. How is ___________
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it going to save them? I have no idea. But Origami Yoda said to do it, so we re doing it.
That was the last piece of advice Origami Yoda was able to give us. Since then we ve been on our own. Actually, it s worse than that . . .
Instead of Dwight and Origami Yoda, we re stuck with Harvey and Darth Paper!
Harvey s Comment
Stuck with Darth Paper? Fools! If you had only joined Darth Paper . . . we could have ruled this entire school! Paperwad Yoda s pitiful advice is nothing compared to the power of the Dark Side!
My Comment: See what I mean?
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How We Got iNto This Mess
by Tommy

So Darth Paper and Origami Yoda were always fighting.
At first, Harvey wanted them to have an actual fight with paper lightsabers, but Dwight wouldn t do it.
Wars do not make one great, Dwight/ Origami Yoda said.
But he ended up fighting a war whether he wanted to or not. Harvey wouldn t let up.
He and Darth Paper would do something obnoxious-like find out I was doing a report ________________________________________
on Booker T. Washington and run to the library and check out all the books about him. But then Origami Yoda would come up with a solution- like telling me that you can download Booker T. Washington s autobiography for free.
Origami Yoda and Darth Paper spent the whole first month battling each other like that.
Then all of a sudden things got bad so fast, we could barely even figure out what was going on.
It started when Jen came over to our lunch table to ask Origami Yoda a question.
Jen is one of the people who never talked to us before Origami Yoda. And because she s so popular, we figured she must be a real stuck-up. But actually, once we got to know her a little better, she didn t seem so bad. And she took Origami Yoda pretty seriously, which was really surprising. It turns out that she is a huge Star Wars fan.
Need some help from Darth Paper? asked Harvey.
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Uh, no, she answered. I need some real Jedi Master advice. See, they re going to let me try out for the JV cheerleading team at the high school. It s usually just eighth- and ninth-graders. It s super-hard for a seventh- grader to make it. I m totally practicing all the time. Do you think Origami Yoda can