Tangerine

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Summary: wonderful book!
Review: If you have an older brother, you can really relate to this book. Paul Fisher and his family have moved to a new town where bad things happen to them constantly. Underground fires, sinkholes, robberies, termites, 2 deaths, and frequent thunderstorms are among the disasters in this book. Some things in the book seem like they don't fit in with the plot, but in the end they become crucial elements.
Paul's older brother Erik is a locally famous jock who is loved by everyone and seems to get by with everything he does. Their father cares only about Erik and making sure that the "Erik Fisher football dream" goes as planned, even if it means completely ignoring Paul and his soccer playing. Then, Paul discovers that some people don't like Erik or his lacky, Arthur, at all. As Paul starts to remember what happened to his eyes when he was 5, Erik looms in the background, feared by his younger brother. When Paul's mother finds something shocking in their storage unit, she realizes that maybe Paul wasn't wrong about his fear of Erik and that the "Erik Fisher football dream" might not come true. When Paul makes his revelation, his parents know that they were wrong about Erik and the entire mystery unfolds to a surprising ending.

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Summary: One GREAT book!
Review: If you are looking for a good book to read, read the book Tangerine. The book is about a boy that has just moved to Florida. He is facing some problems like lightning striking everywhere to sinkholes at his school. He also got kicked off the soccer team because he is not able to play because they think he has a disability. His parents told the school that his eyes were bad because he looked at the sun.

This book is great and a very fun read. Some parts are very funny and happy and others are sad and serious. There are many twists and turns that occur with this guy Paul. This book is very enjoyable. If u want to only ready for 5 minutes you will read for hours.

Paul is a very smart and quite guy. He always thinks of flashbacks and what happened in the past. In the beginning of the book he is kind of not sure of him self, but at the end of the book he has changed a lot. He does not show a lot of emotion. For example if some one has passed away, he wouldn't say much.

I would recommend this book to mostly every one. This book is probably best for the Jr. high and middle schools. The book is great, and I would advise any one to read this. It is a little long, but at the end you will not want the book to end.

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Summary: Twists and Turns in Tangerine
Review: Have you ever moved to a new school in a different state where you had to make new friends and basically start your whole life from scratch? If you have you would probably be able to understand Paul's feelings as he has to move from Texas to Tangerine, Florida, a city full of unusual natural disasters, from underground fires to constant lightning everywhere.
The family consists of a mom, a dad, and two brothers. The older brother enjoys football. His name is Eric and he is the kicker. The younger brother, the main character of the book who is in 7th grade, enjoys soccer. His name is Paul. His main position in soccer is goalie. Paul has a seeing disability because of something that happened to him in the past that he can't remember. He continues to have flashbacks throughout the book as to what really happened to his eyes as the mystery slowly unravels.
I thought this book was excellently written. I would rank it a five out of five. I like how it is told in first person and gives you the date of each chapter, just like a journal. It gets you right into the action.
In Tangerine everything that happens is unexpected which keeps you at the edge of your seat. They have underground fires, whirl pools that suck in entire classrooms called sinkholes, lightning everywhere and much more. One of Paul's friend's brothers gets struck by lightning and when Paul and his mom first get there they smell smoke so they called the fire department just to find out it was an underground fire that can't be put out. All of these natural disasters are constantly leaving you sweating since you don't know what's going to happen next.
This book is also good because it is very detailed. Whenever there is a soccer game for Paul or a football game for Eric usually they don't just give you the final score, but instead the run you through it play by play. One of my favorite parts was when Eric was kicking an extra point after a touchdown and the team had decided to go for two points without telling him. When he went to go kick the ball it wasn't there making him slip on his back. I remember his dad especially because he really wants Eric to make a career out of football. It was priceless imagining his facial expression when he saw what had happened in the paper.
The protagonist is Paul. He came into the book as kind of a nerd. He was scared to stand up to even his own brother. He played goalie in soccer which I think is symbolism for him holding back since later in the book you find out that that wasn't really entirely what he wanted to do. He was also picked on by some of the guys at school like Victor, a player on his soccer team at Tangerine High School. Also, when he first came to the school he was almost afraid of the people standing in front of the school that were all big and tough including a gang group in the 8th grade.
By the end of the book, however, I think that Paul had begun to think of himself more positively which allowed him to be more confident in his actions. At the end, he was able to stand up to his brother, he was accepted by his soccer team, and he was accepted by the people waiting in front of the school who he had been scared of the first day. Also, by the end he was even willing to play a different position in soccer than goalie even though he had never played anything but goalie in a game for his whole life before that year.
I think that what makes this book memorable is the constant twists and turns in the plot from natural disasters to Paul's flashbacks of what happened to his eyes. Also, this book is memorable because the main character is my age which makes it easier to relate to the situation.
In conclusion, I definitely recommend this book to anyone who has any free-time (everyone)! It is great to sit down and let the images take you into Paul's life and allow you to experience everything that goes on in Tangerine, Florida.

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Summary: Tangerine
Review: Tangerine is a fantastic book! It starts out with Paul Fisher, the main character is moving to a county called Tangerine. There are sinkholes at his school, smoke that never stops and disappearing koi and thieves. Paul has weird glasses that he has had supposedly because he stared into a eclipse. But Paul knows that isn't true. Erik Fisher, Paul's older brother is in high school and is a no good glory stealing football player who tries to kill Paul. Erik gets away with everything even crimes!
I think this is a great book for nine year olds through adults with some sad and some happy parts. Throughout this thrilling story there are bridges that connects from one thing to another. It was so exciting I didn't want to stop!

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Summary: Cliff-hanging
Review: The book Tangerine is in the thoughts and feelings of Paul Fisher, A 7th grade boy who loves to play soccer and who is partially blind because of a cruel incident that happened in his childhood. Paul has moved many times to many places and moves to a place called Tangerine. At Tangerine unusual things that Paul isn't used to, like muck fires, happen. Paul, his mother, father and his big brother Eric, are all surprised at what happens at Tangerine that didn't happen at the previous houses they had lived in.
When they move to Tangerine, Paul starts to attend Lake Windsor middle school, but moves to another middle school because an unfortunate event that happens at Lake Windsor Middle School. So now Paul plays on a soccer team for his new middle school and Eric still plays football for Lake Windsor High School. Throughout most of the story, Eric and Paul's dad is going strong on the, "Eric Fisher football dream," where their dad dreams of Eric becoming a famous, professional football star.
In this story both fortunate, exciting things happen and also unfortunate, heart-breaking events take place. I think this book is quick moving, suspenseful and brings many mysterious surprises to the reader. I really recommend it to almost anyone that likes long, cliff-hanging stories.

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Summary: Tangerine is Awesome
Review: Tangerine is a book about a boy called Paul Fisher. He just moves at the beginning of the book from Houston, Texas to Tangerine, Florida. Tangerine is a strange place where holes just appear in the ground. They are called sinkholes. Paul has a mother, a father and a brother named Erik. Erik is a star football kicker and is on a football team named the seagulls. Paul goes to a school named lake Windsor Middle. Then towards the middle of the book he has to switch schools because of an unfortunate mishap.
I would definitely rank this a 5 gold star book. I like it especially because Erik makes it so unfair for Paul it makes me so angry I want to help Paul out. But it is funny when Erik does something that is embarrassing to him. This book got me to nonstop reading till I had to stop reading. I read this book as long as I could. I hope you like it as much as me.

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Summary: Tangerine! great book, a little confusing though
Review: As soon as I started reading Tangerine by Edward Bloor I was excited, it seemed so interesting because the plot was nothing like any other book I'd ever read. I thought that the end would amazing and the best part of the book but when I finished I was a little disappointed. However, the trip to the end is wonderful with a lot of details and descriptions.
The main character is a boy named Paul who is legally considered blind but has gotten better with special glasses that he wears, he can't remember how he became blind but thinks that it has something to do with an eclipse. He loves to play soccer but at Lake Windsor Middle School he can't because his mom fills out a form saying that Paul has a disability. Paul gets a second chance when his school is hit by a storm and the buildings collapse. He transfers to Tangerine Middle School and a lot of interesting things happen there. In the book there's also a lot of side stories that help lead you to the end of the book. Overall, the book is great but personally I was confused by the ending.

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Summary: All about Tangerine
Review: Tangerine
Edward Bloor
Scholastic publishing
Tangerine is by Edward Bloor. He wrote about Paul Fisher moving to Tangerine, Florida. This is a great mystery as you search to see what happened to Paul's eyes. This book is fiction. See how these inspiring characters develop.
This book takes place in Tangerine, Florida. Significant places are Paul's house and Tangerine High. Later you see Tangerine Middle. See what unfolds in this mystery of Paul's eyes! What part do these seemingly normal places play?
In the book Tangerine Paul is legally blind but a great soccer goalie! Every one says he looked right into the sun but Paul is not so sure. Paul's brother is a football star. When one of his team mates dies it proves to you what a jerk he is. Paul always has flashbacks but the one he wants most of all won't come. Find out what happens next!
I think you should read Tangerine because it is a very gripping book. Find out if Eric gets what he deserves. Does Paul find out what happened to his eyes? Who has been stealing from the tented houses? Read it and find out. Get Tangerine and read it now.

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Summary: Tangerine
Review: Tangerine by Edward Bloor is a great book. It is about a boy named Paul who moves from Houston, Texas to tangerine county, Florida. This book is realistic fiction. The setting takes place in Florida around 1997.

Paul is in the seventh grade. He is an excellent goalie and plays soccer for his school. Paul's most distinguishing feature is his big glasses. He wears the glasses because when he was young, his eyes got damaged. The main problem of this book is what damaged his eyes. One theory is he stared at a solar eclipse for to long. Everyone thinks he is blind, but he can see fine. In the book, he states, "but I can see. I can see everything. I can see things that mom or dad cant, or wont see." It really annoys Paul when people talk about his eyesight badly. There are many other small mysteries within this book. Paul has an older brother named Erik. Erik is a senior in high school. Like Paul, Erik also has athletic ability. Erik is the place kicker for the high school football team. Paul's dad is obsessed with Erik's football ability and pays no attention to Paul's soccer. Paul even found scholarship offers to colleges with good football teams that his dad was hiding. In the book, Paul refers to it as the Erik Fisher football dream. Erik is often very mean to Paul. Later in the book, Paul finds out some very important things about Erik, but you'll have to read to find out.

My favorite part in the book is when Paul plays his first soccer game. It is full of action and suspense. The referee loses control of the game in the first minute and it gets pretty wild after that. It's a tough game, but the other team has no teamwork and Paul's team wins in the end. The theme of this book is about a boy overcoming difficulties.

This is a great book to read and enjoy. Once you get past the first few pages, it starts to entice you. You wont want to stop reading it because you'll want to find out what happens next. I think this book would make a great movie. As you are reading it, try to imagine what it would look like on the big screen and I think you'll agree with me. I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys mysteries full of action and suspense.

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Summary: Tangerine
Review: The exciting book that I read was Tangerine by Edward Bloor. It's about a seventh grade boy and his senior brother. The boys name is Paul and his brother is Erik. It is the mystery of why Paul has these thick lense glasses when his eyes were fine a little while ago. Plus there are a bunch of mini mysteries in between. This book is fiction.
It takes place in Tangerine, Florida. Tangerine is a pretty weird place, there are always lighting storms at 4:00 p.m. every day and just behind their new house that they just moved into is a huge muck fire. A muck fire is where there is a field of coal that is on fire and the inferno never goes out. It also creates smoke year round so that can get annoying. During this part of the book Paul starts playing for the Lake Windsor Middle soccer team, and Erik starts his reign as star place kicker for Lake Windsor High.
This book is about the rivalry of brothers (Erik and Paul). It also teaches you to never give up. But mostly it is about Paul who is nice, accepts others, and makes the right decisions. Then there's Erik who is mean, cruel, and doesn't care about the well being of others. Now Paul always wonders why he has these thick lense glasses when he knows he's not blind, even though that's what everyone thinks. So he's having these flashbacks getting closer and closer to the reason why he has these glasses, and finally he sees the answer but it doesn't suprise him.
I think that it is a pretty good book for people that like slow moving mysteries. The beginning is slow but has lot's of details then the middle and end start to speed up. as Paul is having these flashbacks getting closer and closer to the main mystery, other things are happening such as robbery's and no one knows who is doing them.