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Tangerine is a great book I recommend it to all ages.
This book ios about a boy named Paul who is legally blind, his parents and his older brother Eric. They moved to Tangerine County from Houston,Texas. Throughout this book Paul tries to figure out how he became legally bling. His whole life he is told that he stared at a solar eclipse and that's how he lost his sigt.One day Paul loses his school portables to a large sinkhole. Because of this Paul begins to attend Tangerine Middle School, where he meets a totally new crowd. During his time that he attends Tangerine strange things start to happen in the community such as missing fish,robberies,and even murder.that's all the information IU can inclose. To find out more you have to read the book.

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!

I finally read this after having many people recommend it to me. I was pretty disappointed in the book for several reasons. One, I did not find the writing that great. I felt it needed to be edited, probably by 100 pages or so. There are so many repetitive passages, such as Paul trying to remember over and over how he became legally blind as a small child. Also, the plot wanders at many times, with too many quirks. Mud fires, lightning, and sinkholes all occur in this small town much too frequently, leading the reader to wonder, *WHY* would anyone ever move there?!

The main reason I was disappointed in the book, though, was the plot line with the older brother, Eric Fisher, the football star. Erik is a star football kicker with many dark secrets. In the end, he is exposed, Paul's parents express their regret, and life is good.

Having grown up with a violent sibling, I know that the family dynamic is never "cured" so easily. A lot of times, parents are aware of what their children are up to, but simply feel helpless. The Fisher family are all characterized as one-dimensional, and therefore, any problems and resolutions simply feel like a nice little tale, not reality.

My advice, avoid this well-intended but disasterous book.