There are some disturbing parts for younger kids (3rd grade) but overall is pretty kid-friendly. I get that the author wants to make a long book, but that's not how you make it better. The plot kept dragging on too, with unnecessary side plots everywhere. Paul makes tons of dumb and brave decisions too, and I end up not liking him. It's unnecessary and the only reason it's there was to make Paul blind. Speaking about his brother, for some reason unknown Paul and his brother Erik hate each other, like 'Look at me and I'll kill you,' hate. He joins the middle school soccer team while his brother's a football player. He dislikes his middle school yet loves playing soccer. Dudes got some real fond memories of his childhood home, there. He and his family are moving from Houston to Tangerine County, Florida, and all he can think about is how his old house reminds him of an empty zombie tomb. Paul is almost blind, he can only see due to his glasses. Tangerine Summary Paul Fishers got a weird obsession with zombies.

'There are questions that need to be answered about these! Am I such a stupid idiot fool that I stared at a solar eclipse for an hour and blinded myself?'' Tangerine is a story about a boy named Paul moving to Tangerine County. They live in a new house in a new development called Lake Windsor Downs. The school building is old and rundown and he’s never seen anything like it in Tangerine. On his way in, he passes boys karate-kicking each other. 18 It’s Paul’s first day at Tangerine Middle School.

'No! No sir!' I yanked off my Coke-bottle glasses and shook them at him in rage. The Fisher family moves to Tangerine, Florida, because the father has a new job there as the Deputy Director of Civil Engineering. Tangerine by Edward Bloor Buy Study Guide Tangerine Summary and Analysis of Part Two: Sept 18 - Nov. 'A richly imagined read about an underdog coming into his own.'I exploded. 'A richly imagined read about an underdog coming into his own.' -BCCB In Tangerine, it seems, anything is possible. A modern-day classic underdog story to share with middle graders alongside such favorites as. In Tangerine, underground fires burn for years and. Read Tangerine by Edward Bloor available from Rakuten Kobo. And he also gains the courage to face up to some secrets his family has been keeping from him for far too long. When the Fishers move to Tangerine, Florida, Paul tries to make sense of things. With the help of his new teammates, Paul begins to discover what lies beneath the surface of his strange new hometown. 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.Īdjusting to life in Tangerine isn’t easy for Paul-until he joins the soccer team at his middle school. 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. Paul Fisher sees the world from behind glasses so thick he looks like a bug-eyed alien. A modern-day classic underdog story to share with middle graders alongside such favorites as Wonder, Holes, and Bridge to Terabithia.

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