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Summary: Great Book For Teens
Review: This book shows the actual life that a 7th grader has, from stress of getting picked on to sitting in the principals office getting in trouble. Bloor uses a great technique of writing to make this book so great!
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Summary: A Must Buy Middle School Students
Review: The novel Tangerine by the author Edward Bloor is an excellent book for intermediate readers. It's about a boy named Paul Fisher who moved to Tangerine, Florida where countless strange occurrences happen to him. Paul wonders why people live in Tangerine, where underground fires burn for years, a sinkhole swallows his school, and lighting strikes the same football field everyday. Paul wonders why he has to wear thick glasses all the time, because of a mysterious eye injury. Surprisingly, Paul fits in with the toughest group around, which turns out to be his new soccer team. One thing that bothers Paul is that no one can see the terrifying truth about Erik, his older brother. Dispite Paul's handicapped situation, he still manages to same some tress, stop a crime, and win the soccer championship for his town. I enjoyed this book and recommend the novel Tangerine to any middle school readers, as well as high school readers. If you like mysteries, action, soccer, football, and even humor then this book is right for you.
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Summary: a must read thriller
Review: When was the last time a book made you want to keep reading? If you are like me it has been a long time.The book Tangerine by:Edward Bloor just might catch your attention, it did mine. Edward Bloor writes this book like it is the diary of Paul Fisher. When you are reading it doesn't seem like you are readingg chapters because you just what to find out what is going to happen the next day. believe me a lot of things happen. Paul is a 7th grader who hass just moved from Houston to lake Windser, Florda. Lake Windser is in Tangerine County. Paul is amazed at the way things are at Lake Windser. The school is in many buildings and lightening strikes the practice field every afternoon. When his school has to let some kids go to other schools because of a giant sinkhole, Paul gets to change to Tangerine Middle School. He wants to go there because no one will know he is vision impaired and because he wants to play soccer. At his new school paul makes new friends and gets to play soccer. There are alot of serious parts to the book like why Paul is afraid of his brother Erik. I almost everyone would like this book because it is quick moving and has funny, sad, and serious things all the way through.
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Summary: Tangerine
Review: I thought this this book was a really focused book and that it was written really well. I Liked the fact that there was mystery in it and i was always guessing at what would come next. There was always something new happing like moving around and lots of action!
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Summary: Tory's Tangerine Reveiw
Review: Paul had to get thick glassesbecause they thought he was staring at a eclipse but really his brother sprayed painted him in the eyes so they livedthey lived in tangerine and weird stuff would happen then they found out what happened I agree with every thing that the autor wrote because it was funny If you like to read action books read this one
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Summary: Tangerine
Review: The book I selected was by a new author named Edward Bloor. The name of the book is Tangerine. My teacher informed me that the book was about sports. I thought it would be interesting, participating in and watching sports are two of my favorite past times. I am glad that I read the book because it is about more than just sports. It is about life. The title of the book is the name of the county where a boy named Paul Fisher lived. It narrarates the story of his life. The life is that of a normal eleven year old boy. .... His most endearing qualities were a caring nature, a helpful attitude, and a willingness to adjust to the ups and downs of daily living. The author's style was both captivating and easy going. Details of events and feelings were communicated well. It made the reading easy.
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Summary: Tangerine
Review: Paul Fisher loves to play soccer, but when he moves form Housten to Tangerine Country he is very nervous but that seems to help him fit into the toughest group around at Tangerine Mddle School. Tangerine, a town in Florida with weird mysterious muck fires no one seems to want to put out, a place that was once full of tangerine groves but now holds tons of housing complexes with a pond that the fish population disipates every day. Edward Bloor adds mystery to the life of poor Paul Fisher, his friends, the groves, and he makes the readers question ideas in the book. This book has a very good and interesting subject that grabs the readers attention. But in the beginning of the book it is a bit slow but that gets better tward the middle of the book. It's a wonderful book that i would recommend to anyone the loves a good book that they would get hooked on! This books asks why no one can see what Erik is doing to him self and his family, why lightning strikes the same practice field everyday, why all the houses on one stret are being robbed and attacked by bugs at the same time, and why a sink hole swallows his school. So if you want a good book to read you'll love Tangerine by Edward Bloor!
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Summary: Sports novel with a difference!
Review: Sports novel, coming of age story, surrealistic social commentary--this novel defies categorization "a la teacher genre wheel," but it never disappoints as a compelling and unusual read. Paul moves to a new Florida subdivision, and when a strange daily occurence finally forces him to attend a different school in the "tough" part of town, he takes the opportunity and runs. He becomes friends with and star goalie for the ragtag soccer team there. Underneath all the sports action, there remains a dark and undefinable but very real sense of forboding in Paul's world, and it all seems to point toward some past experience with his older brother, his father's "golden boy." The twists and turns in the plot are fascinating to follow, as Paul moves closer and closer to confronting his ghosts. The reader begins to guess at what these ghosts might be, but Bloor's writing is such that we stay with it, hoping to find out we are wrong. The sometimes surreal setting and certain aspects of the plot are not for the unsophisticated young reader. For those kids who enjoy a complex storyline, and can deal with sometimes harsh realities of "family skeletons," TANGERINE is engaging from the very beginning. My son read the book as a 7th grader, and his comment, other than that he enjoyed it, was "I hate when a book makes you think even after you finished reading it!" As a mom and teacher of that age group, that comment is music to my ears and sums up the book succintly!
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Summary: Hooray
Review: Edward Bloor's book Tangerine is one of the best- no, the best book I have ever read. It really made you think. It was a real page turner, and I finished the whole book in less than two days. My teacher later read the book to my class. Everyone really seemed to enjoy the book. I would recomend it to anyone.
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Summary: Give it a chance
Review: I think this book is a pretty good . You will like it, if yousoccer fan. You will not like this book if you don't like violence anddon't like people being made fun of. It is about a family of a mother,father, and two brothers,' they move to Florida. and the brother [themain charicter] has to move to 3 different schools Lake Winstar MiddleTangerine Middle and... The other brother is a trouble maker does somenasty things to people! Give it a chance. Read it!
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