Bestselling Children's Author Tom Angleberger to Visit Mission Viejo

From the city of Mission Viejo:

New York Times bestselling author Tom Angleberger will visit Mission Viejo on Sept. 19 to discuss the final book in his “Origami Yoda” series.

Angleberger will appear in the city’s free Writers Present program at 6 p.m. in the Mission Viejo Council Chamber at City Hall, 200 Civic Center. The program is sponsored by the Friends of the Mission Viejo Library and A Whale of a Tale Bookshoppe.

In the final Origami Yoda case file from the kids at McQuarrie Middle School, “Emperor Pickletine Rides the Bus” follows Tommy and the gang as they prepare for a well-earned day of fun and adventure in Washington, DC. Their trip to the nation’s capital is full of shifting alliances and betrayals, carsickness and sugar rushes. The book is said to be the “sweetest, stookiest, biggest, craziest Origami Yoda case file yet.”

Angleberger is a former newspaper reporter and columnist whose books have been sold to 3.3-million people worldwide.

“I’m not necessarily all that creative,” he said. “I’m more of a puzzle putter together. I take all these little puzzle pieces — Yoda, middle school problems, Cheetos — and I fuss and fuss with them until I fit them together.”

“Emperor Pickletine Rides the Bus” will be available for purchase at the event. Buying books during Writers Present is a great way for the public to support the author programs and keep them free. To reserve a seat, call 949-830-7100 ext. 5107.