Emperor Pickletine Rides the Bus by Tom Angleberger

Emperor Pickletine Rides the Bus (Origami Yoda Books) (Origami Yoda)

by Tom Angleberger

Come to an end, all good things must. In this hilarious conclusion to the blockbuster series, Tom Angleberger uses his spot-on grasp of middle schoolers and pitch-perfect humor to pit the Rebel Alliance against their evilest, sourest villain yet! After successfully fighting to save the seventh-grade field trip in Princess Labelmaker to the Rescue!, Tommy and the gang prepare for a well-earned day of fun and adventure . . . but of course it won’t be that easy! This field trip will be full of shifting alliances and betrayals, carsickness and sugar highs. Trouble starts even before they leave school, when Principal Rabbski decrees the field trip an “origami-free zone.” Dwight secretly folds a Yoda from a Fruit Roll-Up, but will he be a match for the sour, hate-filled emperor of darkness that Harvey makes from a desiccated pickle?

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4 of 5 stars

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Review by 'B' (11 years old)

In order to encourage my kids to read this summer I promised to put their reviews in my blog. Hopefully you'll like them and tolerate the proud mama syndrome. So *roll drums here* this is B's first review:

This is one of the best books I ever read! It is a combination of case files put together by Tommy to decide if he should ask Origami Yoda an important question. It keeps you wondering if he is magical or not.

My favorite character is Tommy because he likes Sara very much and wants to know if she likes him. I wish there was an Oragami Yoda at my school so I could ask him stuff (I am going to sixth grade in August.) The more annoying character was Harvey because he didn't believe in Yoda at all and try to make one of his own. Dwight is just weird, but he doesn't know that he is.

I think that Dwight had a good plan from the beginning and it all works out at the end. I would recommend this book to other fifth graders like me. I'll read book two when it comes out.

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I also read the book to help my son with his review and I have to say that I like it! A quick and easy read!

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  • 21 June, 2011: Reviewed