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Summary: Great for reluctant YA readers!
Review: At the middle school I teach at, we require this book for all 7th grade students in their reading classes. After we finish the novel, I have my students write reviews. I have yet to find a student that does not like this book! Boys and girls alike find the plot compelling, the characters believable, and the action non-stop.Disguised as a YA sports novel, "Tangerine" has numerous themes to which young people can relate. The protagonist, Paul, is vision impaired; his IEP is meant to help him, but it actually threatens the thing he loves most: soccer. He feels like a "freak" because of his thick glasses, but mostly because he believes his vision problem was caused by staring at a solar eclipse, which he doesn't remember doing at all. Paul also has to deal with sibling rivalry; Eric is a star football player, a senior, and the object of Dad's attention. What's more, Paul is afraid of him. He sees the Eric that few others see...until the end of the story. When a freakish accident sends Paul to another school, he makes a name for himself away from his brother. He finds his comfort in a school "where the minority is the majority." But trouble is never very far away... Feeling like an outsider, sibling rivalry, multicultural relations, working as a team, dealing with death, family secrets, and parent-child relationships are all addressed and handled in a brilliant fashion. Through Paul's journal entries, the reader is able to unravel the mysteries of Paul's past, see how it affects his present life, and speculate about how it may change his future. "Tangerine" is a must-read for ages 12 and up.
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Summary: It's all good
Review: I didn't really expect to like this book, but it is very well written and extremely compelling. Be warned, though, few scenes are humorous. This is a very dark book, and when you get to the end I am quite certain you'll be horrified and disturbed as I was. Well worth reading.
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Summary: A Fabulous Find
Review: I was searching through a huge bookstore a little over a year ago when I saw the binding of Tangerine. When I pulled it from the shelf, the cover immediately grabbed me and after reading the summary on its back, I was instantly intruiged. So, I bought it. I didn't read this story until just this past week and I finished it just this morning at 1:33 am in a hotel room in Milwaukee.
This story is one I would recommend to anyone and everyone. Whether you're a girl, boy, kid, or parent, each and every scene in Tangerine is engaging and exciting. In the end, the finely tuned characters - complete with their own oddities and origins - help Paul Fisher (the aspiring soccer player who is both narrator and main character of Tangerine) piece together his past and make sense of his life. This calls for a number of exciting climaxes and revelations that make Edward Bloom's debut shine "like a golden dawn." This was a fabulous find and an even more fabulous read. Enjoy.
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Summary: Tangerine
Review: Tangerine, by Edward Bloor, is a novel that is not like any book I'v ever read. It tells the story of Paul Fisher, a seventh-grader who has just moved form Houston to Tangerine County, Florida. Paul is legally blind- he has to wear "Coke-bottle" glasses so that he can see. His parents tell people that Paul's eyes were damaged because he didn't listen and stared at a solar eclipse too long. Paul has always been overshadowed by his older brother Erik, placekicker extrodinare. He plays a part in the "Erik Fisher Football Dream"- but just what his part is remains to be seen. When Paul moves to Tangerine, everything is different. Lightning knows where to strike. Schools get sucked up by sinkholes. People get killed- and no one really does anything about it. With the help of some friends, Paul sees the truth in things that other people seem blind to. Can Paul finally shake off the shadow of his older brother? In Tangerine, anything is possible. Edward Bloor's first novel is well written and the plot keeps moving, keeping you constantly interested. I would reccommend it to any young adult looking for a good read.
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Summary: It's really good.
Review: I don't like to read, and find it hard to get started reading a book. This one is great, especially if you like soccer. But u don't have to like soccer to like this book.
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Summary: BEST book!!
Review: Well... im sorta in the middle of the book, but hey. This book, i don't know what it is, but im reading every night for an hour. Q's for those who've read this...
Will Mike's death effect Pauls life?
Does Erik have a good football career?... To ya'll, Read Jade Green!!!! Best Ghost Story in the World!!!
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Summary: Can't explain it
Review: I've had this book for a year and Iv'e allready read it 4 times I just can't describe the feeling that you get afterwards, now I'm 11 and I think the plot is easy to understand and flows smoothly, So I have NO idea of what that kids talking about, and whats wrong with the flashbacks? Thats how its supposed to be, how else would you figure out what realy happens to Pauls eyes? Anyway, I would have given this a higher rating If I had to. And plus Its cheaper than the other books we have today.
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Summary: This book is so cool.
Review: This book is just as good as good as watching a suspense thriller and reading a sports book, only you like what happens, most of the time. There are so many diiferent things that happen. This book is for sports fans that like suspense and dont read much but need to read more. It is 90000000x better than Harry Potter, which i love H.P. Please read it, it is sooooooo good. It is also a little sad and bad. And i am so very mad at Erik, if you read the book you will know what i mean.
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Summary: Quick Read; Awesome Book
Review: Tangerine is a phenonomal novel. A teacher gave it to me and I read it over the weekend. The book was carefully crafted for a first novel. Many story lines. Eternal suspense. Mystery, all wrapped up. The troubled Paul and his hazy recollections. Also, his terrible brother and what he did. What a great book
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Summary: Great Book!!
Review: I thought that this book was very well written. I like books like this. Like when you don't know what's going to happen next but you think you know what's going to happen. This book is about a boy who moves to Tangrine, Florida who is half blind so he has to wear coke-bottle glasses so he can see.
I personally didn't think it was right when he's mother told he princpal that he was handicapped because that messed up his chances to play soccer for that school and he was kicked off. When he first got there he didn't quite fit in. And then he made friends with the soccar team. He really hit it off with this boy.
This boy got him on the soccar team. But they called him names.
In the second part of this book Paul's school gets swallowed by a sink hole!! Which I thought was very werid. But then half hie school got swallowed so he got transfer to Tangrine Middle School where there were aloty of hard-nots there but oddly enought he fit right in. The third part of this book everything kind of comes together for him. He figures out why he has to wear those coke-bottled glasses.Which was when he was little his brother took a can of spray paint and sprayed it in his eyes.His parents in return lied to him and said that he looked at an elcipse.
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