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| Tangerine (Apple Signature Edition) | 
 enlarge | Author: Edward Bloor
Publisher: Scholastic
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  463 reviews
Sales Rank: 1061988
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Young Adult
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 304
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.9
ISBN: 059043277X
EAN: 9780590432771
ASIN: 059043277X
Publication Date: September 1998
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Condition: used, never read, clean inside, very good condition
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| Customer Reviews:
 Tangy Twist on Life February 26, 2007
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
Tangerine by Edward Bloor
I really enjoyed this book. Bloor does an amazing job sucking the reader into the story and keeping you interested with all the twists and turns in the book. Each character is unique and sometimes unpredictable, but I felt like I could connect with some of them and understand their feelings and motives.
Paul Fisher and his family are moving from Houston, TX, to Tangerine, FL. Paul is forced to try and fit in at a new school while living in his brother's shadow. Erik Fisher, Paul's older brother, is becoming a football legend. The young star is a placekicker and hoping to get a scholarship for college and play in the NFL. Erik and Paul's dad is always wrapped up in the Erik Fisher Football Dream that he barely pays attention to Paul at all.
Soccer was Paul's sport. He played goalie even though he had to wear goggles and thick glasses because of an accident that occurred when he was younger. His parents said he stared directly at a solar eclipse and was almost blinded. Paul doesn't believe this is what really happened, but his memory is blank. At his new school, Paul's mother files an EIP because Paul is visually impaired. I was really surprised that he couldn't play soccer when the coach saw his EIP because you expected soccer to be the thing to bring him out of his brother's shadow. Conveniently enough, half of Lake Windsor Middle School is swallowed by a sinkhole and Paul and his friend Joey were part of the rescue team that helped people get out and escape the disaster before it buried them. I think this shows Paul acts very mature for his age. When I was reading the book, I kept thinking he was older, but the book would always remind me that he was only in seventh grade. After the natural disaster, Paul is relocated to Tangerine Middle, his second chance.
While attending Tangerine Middle, Paul joins the soccer team because his mom threw out the EIP. He quickly makes friends with his teammates after a rough start. Together they face school, soccer, and flash frosts. Through it all I feel Paul's relationship with his friends is strong. They do face many conflicts such as standing up for your friends against people who are hurting them.
Meanwhile, Erik is gaining fame from his amazing kicks from as far as 50 yards. Unfortunately, the neighborhood has taken a turn for the worst. When they tried to put out the muck fires, they accidentally created a breeding ground for mosquitoes, and a lot of houses have a termite problem. There have also been mysterious robberies. Paul even witnesses a murder.
Tangerine was an amazing book. The plot and characters make it an enticing story for teenagers, but I also recommend it to adults. The story contained family conflicts that may seem out of the ordinary but are completely realistic. I loved how quickly things happened and changed in the book. It made me want to keep reading until the very end. To find out the mysterious secret of Paul's eyes and his past, read Tangerine by Edward Bloor.
Beth LA-8
 Too disturbing for many readers March 13, 2003
8 out of 12 found this review helpful
This book contains very disturbing scenes of violence between family members. Kids like books that deal with sibling problems, because most kids experience those problems themselves. They may identify with the younger brother in this book, and then be horrified by the physical torture and permanent damage his brother inflicts on him. This book gave me nightmares.
Excellent book - especially for middle school boys May 17, 2008
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I'm a 46 year-old Mom and I bought this book because of the great reviews, but I didn't know which son to give it to. My 4th grader falls into the age-range mentioned here at amazon, but based on the plot synopses here I felt it was more a book my 7th grader would like.
So I read it myself first. I LOVED it. What a great, moving, inspiring, different book. As stay-with-you as Hoot, or Terabithia, or Stargirl, or... to date myself ... as The Outsiders.
It's well-written, it's gripping, it's multi-layered, and it manages to keep track of multiple story arcs within itself without dropping any or using any sort of deux ex machina to get out of any. It presents it's villains without caricature, and it's heroes without pandering. It surprises you at nearly every turn - but not in a forced we-need-a-plot-twist way.
I won't describe the plot as it as been so well-described here. I'll just reiterate that this is an amazing young adult novel that I thoroughly enjoyed for myself as well.
And I personally would not give this to my 4th grader. Not that the reading level is too difficult, but I think the content is too dark and the layers perhaps too subtle for a 10 year-old. I'm giving this book to my 7th grader tomorrow (I just finished it tonight!) and I know he'll devour it.
Tangerine October 27, 2000
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
If you like mystery, soccer, and sibling rivalry, then Tangerine by Edward Bloor, is the book for you. Living in his older brother's shadow Paul is trying to survive with out any help from his parents. Paul is a geek that "wears extra thick bug eyed glasses" that he has to wear because of a freak accident. His parents told him that he looked at a solar eclipse but Paul can see just fine Paul can see what most people really are like. Paul's family moves to Lake Winsdor Florida in hope of finding a new life. Now Paul has a chance to start his life over again. Paul will slowly grow and make lots of new friends on and off of the soccer field. Paul slowly learns the secrets to a good life as he progresses through out the book and he will learn ti is always better to tell the truth then to lie and hide. Easy to read this is a very good book for young adult readers out there. I really recommond this for Young Adult readers.
A tangy treat of a read May 25, 2000
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
Paul Fisher maybe a geek with glass, but he can see a lot of stuff that his clueless parents seem to miss. Paul notices his brother, a local football hero, is torturing his classmates with his friend. Paul starts to see through the lies that his family tells him about his poor eyesight, and finally a crazy town like Tangerine (where giant sinkholes swallow schools, underground fires burn for years and lightning strikes everyday) brings into focus a lost memory. This novel has a "gothic" feel to it, and like a tangerine it is full of flavor and refreshing.What a surprising well crafted novel...despite the less than appealing covers on the hardback and the paperback this book is worthy of your time.
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