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Tangerine

Tangerine

List Price: $71.00
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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A great book for all ages!
Review: I just got done reading this book and it was fantastic! Has great descriptions and is very exciting. Once you read the first couple chapters of this book you will not want to put it down!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Hhhm...
Review: Great book! It was very interesting. I mean--I usually HATe sport books.( Harry Potter doesn't count! How can one not cheer for Harry in the exciting game of Quidditch?) This book, however, got me cheering for Paul! I recommend this book to anyone who has a little free time on hand and is not afraid to use it efficently.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Tangerine: not just a book.
Review: Paul Fisher may seem like he is blind but it turns out that he sees better than everyone in his school, family and maybe the whole population of Tangerine county. Paul and his family move to Tangerine County where the new house district had just been finished. What they came to was a disaster waiting to happen and it does. With fires that burn constently and daily afternoon lighting storms Paul finds things much more different than they were in Houstan. I mean sure his older brother gets all the attention because of his football future like back in Texas but why can't Paul be noticed because of his ability? And why can't Paul remember anything about his past childhood? And why does his accedent with his eyes not convince him? Find all these things out and more by reading Tangerine. This book will have you cheering Paul on in is soccer games and gasping at uncovered truths.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Pathetically boring
Review: "Tangerine" had quite some potential for an interesting plot, but an attempt by Edward Bloor to intertwine many plots together completely failed. To make things even more boring, writing format is nothing out of the ordinary and seems to have been written by a third-grader. In other words, the writing style in "Tangerine" will set you to sleep.

Character development is ridiculously non-evident. Setting descriptions are poor. Characters are described in a way so that a reader feels no sympathy. In fact, you may find yourself reading words instead of soaking in a nice story. The plot is unbearably ridiculous and you will NEVER find yourself turning a page in high anticipation of what is to happen. This book is not worth your time. Don't even bother~ especially if "Tangerine" is on your optional summer reading list.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Tangerine
Review: This is the best book that I have ever read. I would reccommend that anyone who is into choices books reads this. My favorite part of this book was when Paul's (the main character), older brother got arrested because him and his friend killed someone because he was kind of a punk. I really enjoyed this book even though it was a class assignment...

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Tangerine review
Review: When I first started this book I thought it would be a typical boring young adult book,(in fact the only reason I ended up reading it is because I was bored and I saw it on the floor) how wrong I was! I was imediately captivated by its exciting storyline filled with sybling rivalry, exciting sports scenes, excellent characters, and even murder. Definitely a look a wonderful book and I recommend it to every one.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Pretty good!
Review: They say Paul Fisher is blind, too blind to play his favorite game, soccer; but he argues that he can see things, terrifying things, even though he has to wear bottle-thick glasses. Paul can see his brother Erik's true self, and not as just the wonderful football player who can kick 50-yard field goals as the star of the Erik Fisher Football Dream. The Fisher family moved to Tangerine County, Florida, and into a beautiful home in the Lake Windsor Downs development. With fake fish, an underground fire that burns non-stop, giant sinkholes, and thunder storms every afternoon, who could want anything more? But horrible things start happening in Lake Windsor Downs and neighboring Tangerine, and Paul starts finding out the terrible truth about his eyesight (supposedly he stared at an eclipse for too long when he was younger), and also about his brother, Erik. What is it that Paul just has to remember? And why is it that Paul can see things that others can't, or just won't, and is still called blind? Tangerine, Edward Bloor's first novel, is great for sports fans and avid readers alike. Though the incomplete ending leaves something to be desired, the book itself is wonderfully written with a good plot. Bloor starts with several different plot lines and manages to entangle them all for a sensational ending. Bloor also leaves himself wide open for a sequel; the characters in Tangerine are so well described that you feel as if you know them personally. When something happens to one of them, you feel the pain or joy, whichever the case might be. Written in diary format from Paul Fisher's point of view, Tangerine is a book you don't want to miss! Live for four months in the Fisher family, and then see if you agree with Paul about Erik, soccer, his schools, and more. It's a delicious book that you'll want to devour without stopping!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Tangerine, The ilfe of betrayl
Review: This book has a very slow begining. you have to get like through a quater of the book to get into the story, but once it does it kinda like you don't want to stop. Some of the things that happend in there, i thought would never have happend. Not in a million years. But you do have to keep on trying to get into the book. his bro and a couple of other people are the kind of people that you love to hate.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: An eye-opening story...
Review: Paul Fischer is not really "blind" as everyone says. It's just an excuse to cover up for what really happened. The problem is he doesn't even know how it happened, but what he does know is that his brother Erik is not who everyone thinks he is. Erik Fisher is the star athlete on the footbal team. Pauls's dad only pays attention to Erik and is covering up a horrible secret. Paul transfers to Tangerine Middle temporarily because his school was swallowed up by a sinkhole. Even with his thick glasses, the soccer team accepts him and he becomes one of them. Ironically, Paul, always known as a nerd, now belongs in the toughest group at school; his soccer team. He learns so much from attending Tangerine Middle. He knows how the fruit pickers live and how to stand up for himself against his brother Erik and Arthur Bauer. Paul witnesses the murder of Luis and doesn't know if he should testify. He later does and spills out the whole truth. In the end Erik gets his due punishment and Paul learns to stand up for himself and knows who his true "brothers" are.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: chilling and insightful, I couldn't put it down
Review: Paul Fisher's family moves to Tangerine, Florida; he is nearly blind but cannot remember the incident which led to this condition. His older brother is a football star and his parents' favorite; eventually Paul realizes his dream of playing soccer and uncovering the cause of his near-blindness.

Tangerine is an excellent book for teenage readers. The narrative is written in Paul's voice, which should appeal to young readers.

Bloor brings a sensibility regarding race and ethnicity to the story that is rarely present in good books for teenagers. He also brought a ready enough eye and pen to critique the newness and artificiality of suburbia, particularly Florida's suburbia. From page 71-- "It was strange to see an old packing plant, to see an old anything. But it was also comforting that something around here has a history. That something actually belongs here."

I really enjoyed reading Tangerine. It's nice to read a book written for teenage readers that doesn't talk down to them in any way. Paul is a neat and well-drawn character. His problems are problems that people can understand.

Tangerine is a great read. I'm 33 years old, and I loved it.

ken32


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