Tom Angleberger

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Series

Origami Yoda books volume 1

Language

English

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Sixth-grader Tommy and his friends describe their interactions with a paper finger puppet of Yoda, worn by their weird classmate Dwight, as they try to figure out whether or not the puppet can really predict the future. Includes instructions for making Origami Yoda.

2) Emperor Pickletine rides the bus

Author

Series

Origami Yoda books volume 6

Language

English

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Description

In this final book in the series, the seventh graders of McQuarrie Middle School and their Star Wars-inspired Origami finger puppets go on a field trip to Washington, D.C., on what proves to be a very long trip full of shifting alliances, betrayals, carsickness, and sugar rushes.

3) The secret of the Fortune Wookiee

Author

Series

Origami Yoda books volume 3

Language

English

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Description

McQuarrie Middle School's students miss Origami Yoda when Dwight leaves for Tippett Academy, but he sends Sara a paper Fortune Wookiee that seems to give advice just as good as Yoda's--even if, in the hands of girls, it seems preoccupied with romance.

4) Horton Halfpott, or, The fiendish mystery of Smugwick Manor, or, The loosening of M'Lady Luggertuck's corset

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Language

English

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Horton, an upstanding kitchen boy in a castle in nineteenth-century England, becomes embroiled in a mystery surrounding a series of thefts, which is also connected to the pursuit of a very eligible and wealthy young lady's affections.

5) The surprise attack of Jabba the Puppett

Author

Series

Origami Yoda books volume 4

Language

English

Formats

Description

"Dark times have fallen on McQuarrie Middle School. Dwight is back--and not a moment too soon--as Kellen, Sara, and the gang face a new Menace: the FunTime Educational Program. FunTime is supposed to raise students' standardized test scores. Instead, it's driving everyone crazy. The students turn to Origami Yoda for help"--

6) Robo-Dodo rumble

Author

Series

Didi Dodo, future spy volume 2
Didi Dodo future spy volume 2
Didi Dodo future spy volume Book 2

Language

English

Formats

Description

Koko Dodo's cookie shop is facing some stiff competition from an evil robotic dodo, and a giant sea monster starts destroying the town, but Didi Dodo has some daring plans.

7) Double-O Dodo

Author

Series

Didi Dodo, future spy volume 3
The Didi Dodo future spy volume Book 3
Didi Dodo future spy volume 3

Language

English

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Description

"When Didi Dodo and her friends hear that the queen was kidnapped by a human, they pose as a family while searching for her at a new, human-themed amusement park." --

8) Inspector Flytrap

Author

Series

Inspector Flytrap volume 1

Language

English

Formats

Description

Hoping to become the greatest detective that ever grew, Inspector Flytrap, a Venus Flytrap, and his assistant, Nina the Goat, investigate "big deal" mysteries at an art museum, a cookie shop, and a garden.

9) Recipe for disaster

Author

Series

Didi Dodo, future spy volume 1
Didi Dodo future spy volume Book 1
Didi Dodo future spy volume 1

Language

English

Formats

Description

When Koko Dodo's secret chocolate sauce is stolen just before an important cooking contest Didi, a dodo bird, devises a daring plan to help--whether he wants her to or not.--

10) Fuzzy

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Language

English

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Description

When Max (Maxine Zealster) befriends her new robot classmate Fuzzy, she helps him navigate Vanguard Middle School and together they reveal the truth behind the Robot Integration Program.

11) Poop fountain!

Author

Series

Qwikpick papers volume 1

Language

English

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Description

Three friends spend Christmas day breaking into the town of Crickenburg's antiquated sewage treatment plant in order to witness with their own eyes the soon-to-be-replaced "poop fountain."

12) Princess Labelmaker to the rescue!

Author

Series

Origami Yoda books volume 5

Language

English

Formats

Book, eAudiobook

Description

One month before the state standards test are to take place, the Origami Rebel Alliance has found powerful allies in unexpected places in their fight against the FunTime test preparation program, but Principal Rabbski has not yet declared her allegiance.

13) Darth Paper strikes back: an Origami Yoda book

Author

Series

Origami Yoda books volume 2

Language

English

Formats

Book, Book on CD

Description

Harvey, upset when his Darth Paper finger puppet brings humiliation, gets Dwight suspended, but Origami Yoda asks Tommy and Kellan, now in seventh grade, to make a new casefile to persuade the School Board to reinstate Dwight.

14) Butler for hire!

Author

Series

DJ Funkyfoot volume 1
The flytrap files

Language

English

Formats

Description

DJ Funkyfoot may have a name fit for a hip-hop star, but as a dog butler desperate to find a job, he takes a job as a nanny watching over a ShrubBaby that loves chaos.

15) The Princess and the pit stop

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Language

English

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When a Princess learns from her Fairy Godmother that she is in last place in a car race against such fairy tale notables as Humpty Dumpty, the Three Bears, and Rumpelstiltskin, she boldly rebuffs defeat and steps on the gas.

16) Inspector Flytrap in the Goat Who Chewed Too Much

Author

Series

Inspector Flytrap volume 3

Language

English

Formats

eAudiobook, eBook

Description

From husband-and-wife team Tom Angleberger, creator of the New York Times bestselling Origami Yoda series, and Cece Bell, author/illustrator of the Newbery Honor graphic novel El Deafo, comes the third title in a funny and clever illustrated chapter-book series about a mystery-solving Venus flytrap. With easy-to-read language and colorful illustrations on almost every page, this early-chapter-book series is a must-have for beginning readers. In this...

17) Inspector Flytrap in The President's Mane Is Missing

Author

Series

Inspector Flytrap volume 2

Language

English

Formats

eAudiobook, eBook

Description

Welcome to Inspector Flytrap's Detective Agency, home to the world-renowned solver of BIG DEAL mysteries. Inspector Flytrap, a Venus flytrap, works tirelessly with his assistant Nina the Goat, a goat, on his community's unsolved cases. There's no case too big, but there are definitely cases too small for this endearingly self-important plant detective. In book two, Inspector Flytrap and Nina the Goat return in a set of mysteries involving the president...

18) The Strange Case of Origami Yoda

Author

Series

Origami Yoda

Publisher

ABRAMS

Language

English

Formats

eComic, Kindle

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