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Tangerine
Автор: Edward Bloor и Danny De Vito
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Paul Fisher sees the world from behind glasses so thick he looks like a bug-eyed alien. But he’s not so blind that he can’t see there are some very unusual things about his family’s new home in Tangerine County, Florida. Where else does a sinkhole swallow the local school, fire burn underground for years, and lightning strike at the same time every day?
The chaos is compounded by constant harassment from his football–star brother, and adjusting to life in Tangerine isn’t easy for Paul—until he joins the soccer team at his middle school. With the help of his new teammates, Paul begins to discover what lies beneath the surface of his strange new hometown. And he also gains the courage to face up to some secrets his family has been keeping from him for far too long.
In Tangerine, it seems, anything is possible.
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Tangerine
Автор: Edward Bloor и Danny De Vito
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Paul Fisher sees the world from behind glasses so thick he looks like a bug-eyed alien. But he’s not so blind that he can’t see there are some very unusual things about his family’s new home in Tangerine County, Florida. Where else does a sinkhole swallow the local school, fire burn underground for years, and lightning strike at the same time every day?
The chaos is compounded by constant harassment from his football–star brother, and adjusting to life in Tangerine isn’t easy for Paul—until he joins the soccer team at his middle school. With the help of his new teammates, Paul begins to discover what lies beneath the surface of his strange new hometown. And he also gains the courage to face up to some secrets his family has been keeping from him for far too long.
In Tangerine, it seems, anything is possible.
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this book had many boring events and I would not recommend to others
Rating: 2There are lots of reviews on this book and I agree with many of them so I'm going to limit my review to two points I didn't see in other reviews. 1. Read this book if you want some interesting thoughts of what happens when people chop down all the trees to build a new subdivision without tending properly to ecological concerns. This book will give you info you need to know and it will do it in a way that does NOT make you feel preached at or talked down to or swallowed in helpless despair. 2. Read this book if you're a parent, because parenting is hard. The parents in this book do not set out to be bad parents, but they make bad choices based on faulty reasoning consistently over the years and that leads to horrible events for their kids. The horror in this book is way beyond what most of us are going to go through with our kids. Thank God! But reading this book, watching what these very good-intending parents do, how they reason it out, why they fail their kids even though they care, was another form of education for me in how I can be as good a parent as possible. The rest of my thoughts are covered in other reviews. Joeydag's review sums it up very well, in my opinion. This was not an easy book to read, due to the subject matter, but I feel it is an important book.
Rating: 4This is the story of a middle-grade boy, Paul Fisher, and his struggle to manage the move to a new school and a new home in a new state. He has a vision problem that stems from an incident in youth he can't quite recall. At the same time he copes with a daunting fear of his older, bullying brother, Erik Fisher. Paul wears thick glasses to help correct near-blindness; though, it seems he is the only one who sees situations clearly, both in his household and in two starkly different neighborhoods. Paul is able to find good in kids that society has labeled 'bad news'. He recognizes true awfulness in the town sports heroes, his brother and a brutish tag-along. This is a story of a young man striving to find himself and the place he belongs. I wouldn't call it a feel-good book, but it is a good book.
Rating: 3I definitely wouldn't have read this if my good friend and colleague Janet hadn't handed it to me and said You Will Like This.
I mean, it's contemporary realistic YA fiction, dealing with topics like sports and racism and ugh, not my thing.
BUT it's actually really excellent. I loved the descriptions of life in Florida where there are thunderstorms every afternoon and burning swamps and sinkholes.
And even though I hate sports myself, I do kind of like reading about them, especially when the underdogs win, as they so often do.
Rating: 4I mean, it's contemporary realistic YA fiction, dealing with topics like sports and racism and ugh, not my thing.
BUT it's actually really excellent. I loved the descriptions of life in Florida where there are thunderstorms every afternoon and burning swamps and sinkholes.
And even though I hate sports myself, I do kind of like reading about them, especially when the underdogs win, as they so often do.
Paul Fisher was leagally blinded by a solar eclipse as a child and now has to wear thick bug-eyed glasses. Paul and his family move to Lake Windsor Downs, Tangerine. Paul wants nothing more than to play soccer at his new school untill he finds out that he can't because his mom filled out an IEP for him. After a tragic school incident, Paul is forced to switch schools. Could this be a new start for him? This book is all about family, friends, and finding out about yourself.
Rating: 5This is such a good book, moving, witty - a reason I kept reading YA fiction after my kids were too old for me to keep reading to them!
Rating: 4This is a story about a family who moves from Tx. to Tangerine Florida. Paul is 12 yrs old and considered legally blind, but plays soccer. His older brother plays football. In Tangerine, where strange things happen, Paul finally remembers how he became blind and has the courage to standup against his brother when his friend is killed.Personal Response: I liked this book, it showed that anything is possible if you want it bad enough. Young Paul loved soccer and made a great goalie. It also showed courage of a young man to right a wrong when his friend is killed. Best age group would be 10-13 yr olds boys. Extensions:1. Have the class read the book and do a book report explaining how they would feel having a disability that might stop them from doing a sport the truely enjoyed.2. This book may be a way to talk about disabilities and seeing that people are all the same.Everyone has hopes and dreams and can accomplish them with perseverance.
Rating: 4I enjoyed this quick read about a boy who moves to Florida with his family. It gives a good description of life in suburban Florida and leads the main character Paul to some realizations about himself.
Rating: 4Very mysterious book, nice plot, a good book overall.
Rating: 4For a book about a teenage boy who is totally into soccer and living in Florida I really enjoyed this. I've been trying to figure out why. The characters are likeable, but not particularly special, the mystery isn't particularly mysterious and the character dynamics leave most of the characters two-dimensional. Yet I read it in two sittings.The short diary entry style really worked and the language was punchy and taut in a way that felt very modern without using lots of 'kid vocab' and contemporary slang. It was a very basic story executed well.
Rating: 3Tangerine is Edward Bloor's first young adult novel which deals with physical impairment, sibling rivalry, competitive sports, and adapting to a new community and enviroment. All these challenges are faced by Bloor's fourteen year old protagonist Paul Fisher , who addresses the reader in an honest and open talkative style. As a child Paul had an "accident" where he looked too long at a solar eclipes, or so he was told. Bloor slowly unravels the mystery of how Paul's vision was impaired, as he developes the contentious relationship that Paul has with his older brother Erik. There is an inordinate amount of dialogue which makes the 299 page book a slow reader, but helps the reader get into the various characters heads and personalities as well as understand the bizarre weathrer coniditons of Tangerine. Build on former tangerine groves, the Lake Windsor Downs community development is a study in large, uniform color coded houses and provides the setting for this popular novel. What should be an idea planned community is marred by Bloor's introduction of horrible weather coniditions...daily afternoon rains, muck fires, and infestations of termites in brand new homes. How Paul's family handle these issues and those of the locals are telling signs of who is concerned with their environment and who isn't. Bloor also uses this setting as an interesting contrast of the residents of this high end community and the migrant tangerine growers who love and work the land. Paul is the bridge to these two communities, his visual impairment, he seems to fare better with the latter group, who can idenity with his under dog status.Where Bloor's story comes most alive is in his recounting the soccer and football plays throughout the book. Sports fans will get a very deatiled account of these games, and come to appreciate Paul's abilities as a player, competiting with a sibling who is a pro athelete and his analysis of his brother's role as a football kicker and potential recruitment as a young football college star.
Rating: 3Its a soccer book that has tragety on every page. They win they win again, till the finals they tie and take the championship. its great, soccer is in it and so is an actual story, read it for fun not for work.
Rating: 5Tangerine is a book about a boy named Paul Fischer who moves to Tangerine Florida, where he becomes a young adult, learns about his families past and where he messes up sometimes. also he gets kind of into the wrong crowd of friend who get in trouble alot. the bookis basically about a boy who just goes through that point in life where he has to go on his own, and learn about his own mistakes. while watching his brother Erik be loved by his whole family because he is a type of football star.
Rating: 3Paul Fisher, a legally blind soccer goalie, moves to Tangerine, Florida. His brother, Erik, is the all-star football kicker, who is adored by his father. Paul struggles to gain acceptance from his family (his Dad) and friends. He discovers that there are hidden secrets regarding him and his family. This is my favorite book to recommend to 5th graders who love suspenseful endings.
Rating: 5Paul Fisher has an eye injury that makes him legally blind. He wears thick glasses and is considered a nerd. hHe and his family move to Tangerine, Florida where they find a beautiful house. Everything seems great until problems start to surface - at home, at school, with his family. Paul plays soccer; his brother is a star kicker for the football team. Paul starts at Lake Windsor Middle School where all the rich kids go, but when the school falls into a sinkhole, he transfers to Tangerine Middle School, where the citrus farmer's kids go. There he makes friends and helps save a citrus grove from freezing. His brother who has always been the favorite, gets into major trouble. He is torn between supporting his brother or his new friends. Paul learns the meaning of courage and growing up in this story. It is written in first person as a diary written from Paul's viewpoint. Paul also learns what caused him to lose his eye sight - brother Erik. More sports than mystery.
Rating: 2Although I grew up in a slightly earlier Florida many of the sights, scenes, and characters were the same in the 70's. Football and sports obsessions ran high, development, development, development was the name of the game with orange groves being ripped out as fast as the bulldozers would ride, and family secrets were kept very, very well. Aside from the realisitic setting, this book offers an interesting insight into the kind of senseless family cruelty that feels so very, very real.
Rating: 3Tangerine is a great book that has secrets and will not revel to much at once. Truth and lies mixed together to make a secret so huge no one can understand it but Erik the mystery.
Rating: 5This is an interesting book to read and really cool. A fast read and very mysterious.
Rating: 5This book is very interesting and is a great mystery
Rating: 5Paul, a middle school student, who recently moves to Tangerine, Florida is facing complex issues: sibling rivalry, new school, visual handicapped, and fear. From the beginning, the reader is able to feel Paul's emotional pain and grow with him throughout the story to his discovery of the family mystery that connects to his handicap and his triumph over his fear and submission to his older brother. This is a a story of the underdog rising to the top. The book is not fast paced due to a lot of descriptive detail. An important read for students trying to discover their independence, learning to overcome obstacles and understanding cultural differences.
Rating: 4this book extremily sad of one big death adn
Rating: 5I love this book i have read it at least 10 times. it is a good book not to long but easy to read.
Rating: 5This book was very interesting. Although it wasnt my favorite book, I always wanted to keep reading. Paul is a strong kid and he never gave up, no matter what.
Rating: 4This book is about a boy, Paul, who struggles a lot with his family but especially his older brother. As we journey with him through dealing with his "disability," we get to see him transformed as a character as he learns to stand up for himself and he remembers just what happened with his vision. A great book to use with students struggling with sibling issues, but also just to see that standing up for what's right is what's important.
Rating: 4I picked up this book because it was being read by most of the eighth grade, and I hadn't read it. It turned out to be one of the best books I read that year. It has suspense, fear, honor, injustice, and a rotten brother. What more could you ask for?
Rating: 5Paul Fisher is legally blind, wears thick glasses, and is overshadowed by his brother's football aspirations, also known as the "Erik Fisher Football Dream." Paul, who's also known as Eclipse Boy, has grown up with the story that he damaged his vision by staring at a solar eclipse when he was five. He knows that he never wore glasses before that summer, but he can't remember staring at the eclipse. He struggles with this gap in his memory, trying to reconcile the story he's always been told with his own understanding of the past.Over the course of the book, Paul faces several changes in his new home in Tangerine, Florida. There is an underground fire that never goes out, swarms of swamp mosquitoes, mysterious robberies, sinkholes, and the search for friends. Through it all, he pursues his own dreams of playing on the middle school soccer team, in spite of his poor vision. This is a book that will keep you guessing until the very end, with a satisfying and believable conclusion. Paul Fisher is easy to relate to, and closing the book feels like saying goodbye to a friend. I recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a good story, well-written, about sports, family, and the trials of middle school in America.
Rating: 5This is about a boy who is partially blind but loves to play soccer. A huge mystery unfolds about his past throughout the book.
Rating: 2The way Edward Bloor draws things out in Tangerine has a kind of dark beauty to it. I loved the twists in the storyline, the gradual revelations of aspects of the character's lives and the strange closeness it managed to hit to my heart. As with the few Edward Bloor books I've read so far, the nice difference is that the book doesn't have the typical boy-girl relationship. Once in a while, works like this are good for clearing your mind of all that sappy clutter.
Rating: 4It was a very intersting and fun book to read!!
Rating: 5I read this 3 years ago when it was on the battle of the books list and it has reappeared so I read it again to refresh. The thing I had forgotten was what an excellent book this is. I am not a soccer fan and know little about the sport but that doesn't matter to any reader. When you get somewhere around page 250 you can't turn the pages fast enough to find out what is going to happen. The cast of characters is great with the mix is races and social status. The thing I did remember was that I had a complete dislike for Erik and that still rang true. My favorite scene in the book is the Awards Banquet. As the book drew to a close, I did want to know what happened to Erik. I feel he at least ended up in a special school, getting help for his personality disorders and pure meanness. The other guy with the blackjack, I hope he went to prison. I feel pretty sure that Paul will finish out the year at the Catholic School and go back to Tangerine and play soccer and be friends with the Latinos and maybe even date Teresa.
Rating: 5