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Summary: Alisha and Rico's review
Review: The Geek of Texas is now the King of Tangerine! Wow! Need a reason to come to class? Then grab the book Tangerine! Our teacher, Ms. Childress, recommended this book by Edward Bloor, and we fell in love with it...and we are here to tell you it's awesome!
Paul, the main character who's been lied to all his life, is searching for the truth. His 17-year-old brother Erik is the main attraction in the family because he's "daddy's little place kicker," but that's all going to change.
Paul's exciting journal entries documenting this change keep you on the edge of your seat from beginning to end. We recommend this book to both middle school and high school students.
The characters are very round and well described. Paul's story takes place in modern day Florida. We can relate to his small town because we live in one that's not much bigger.
There is a gross amount of conflict in this book, and most of the problems revolve around Paul. However, the resolutions are very satisfying. They will answer any questions you may have and all of Paul's. The theme connects the conflicts together. From baseball bats to blackjacks, this book is action-packed, and the speed of this story is a steady pace.
This book is a combination of Brian's Winter (with a character trying to survive) and the Harry Potter series (with a character finding out the truth).
The novel generates many mixed emotions, and the emotions are ever changing. You never know when you're going to laugh or cry.
If you're not psyched up already, there's nothing more we can do for you. Take our word and read this book!
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Summary: Chase and Brittany's review
Review: Tangerine Tangerine is an awesome book. Our teacher, Ms. Childress, read it out loud to the class. Tangerine is written like a diary or journal. At points in the story, our class laughed out loud. Often, the book was so full of suspense and danger, it made us sit at the end of our seats with our mouths open. Of course, we always wanted her to read more. The book is about a boy named Paul on a quest for the truth. Every day adds up and makes sense in the end. Tangerine makes you think. The story is so descriptive that you feel like you are standing there watching everything happening in front of your face. Many events happen in the book--both good and bad. People die, a lot of fights break out, a sinkhole opens, justice is required, girls phone, and games are won. Additionally, Paul's brother is an evil football player, and his father believes in and trusts his brother. His mother is too protective and doesn't stand up for Paul at all. Tangerine is suitable for middle school to high school students of both genders. This book reminds us of Among The Hidden. Both books keep you waiting and wanting more. If you like Among The Hidden, you should go to your nearest library and check out Tangerine now!
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Summary: Vontenea's review
Review: If you're familiar with sibling rivalry and into mysterious occurrences, then Tangerine is the book for you!
I believe Tangerine is a book any young adult can relate to because Paul, the main character, faces experiences teenagers go through everyday. What teenager doesn't know about trying to fit in, starting relationships, and craving attention? I sure do!
Tangerine is a collection of journal entries, which is effective because the reader gets Paul's point of view on all the sticky situations he cannot avoid.
Throughout the book the reader feels many emotions such as sympathy, satisfaction, joy, and apprehension as Paul goes through an odyssey for truth and in the process finds himself.
Tangerine revolves around a mysterious vision disability and Paul's need to be accepted. On top of that, Paul has a sinister brother, Erik, who only makes matters worse. Additionally his parents are too caught up in the "Erik Fisher Football Dream" to realize what is really happening under their own roof.
Tangerine doesn't compare to any other book. It's in a category totally its own! This book proved to me that I can always rely on my teacher to find a good book (she recommended it to me). However, you don't have to listen to a teacher. Listen to me!
Later, if you think my opinion is worth your time, you should also read Maniac Magee and Walk Two Moons.
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Summary: Lee and Paul's review
Review: Tangerine Tangerine is one of the most realistic books we have ever read. It's like we were part of the story. This totally awesome book is about a seventh grade student, Paul Fisher. He is a big pushover to everyone he knows and is too scared of the world to stand up for himself. Our teacher read this book aloud in class to us, and we are very grateful because we have never encountered a novel of this caliber. Tangerine was so funny that at times we were gasping for air and fell out of our seats laughing. But, in most parts of the story, the plot is very serious and requires careful reading to deduce certain clues that foreshadow what will happen later on in the story. Tangerine is uniquely written through Paul's eyes. We saw fights, freezes, lightening, and all sorts of other adventures in journal form from Paul's perspective. We suggest this book for 7th through 9th grade students. This book does not suit younger age groups because it would be too difficult to catch the themes of the story. This book would not suit older age groups because it has been so long since they have been in school that they couldn't relate! When we were reading Tangerine, we kept thinking of a character in Walk Two Moons who teaches a shared basic theme: just because you are blind does not mean you cannot see.
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Summary: Megan and Jack's review
Review: At first, when our teacher told us we were reading the book Tangerine, we thought it was going to be SO boring! We mean who writes an interesting book about a fruit! Come on! WOW! We were wrong! We had to eat those words (or, rather, fruit)! Tangerine is about a seventh grader named Paul Fisher who moves from Houston, Texas to Tangerine, Florida. Paul has a brother, Erik, who gets praised even when he does dirty deeds, which is always. Paul, on the other hand, often gets overlooked! Paul is legally blind, but he can still see the truth about his evil brother Erik. Why can't everyone else? This book is written like a diary and has brief flashbacks, which shoot from Paul's present to his past. This storytelling format works because Paul becomes so real. We knew his thoughts, his feelings, his hopes, and his fears. We got to know Paul better than our own brothers! The characters in the story are very lifelike! We were astonished by how real the characters' lives were. We could relate to their familiar, ordinary problems. Paul struggles with his older brother, and he has parents who just don't understand! Tangerine's an extraordinary book, and you'll never find another like it! This book is the first on our list to recommend. If you like Tangerine (which you probably will), then you should also pick up Dangerzone. They are both incredible books full of sports! Hey, who says you can't have P.E. in English class?
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Summary: let me recommend better books of this sort, TRUST ME!
Review: Well first off the whole concept of Tangerine is incredibly cliche. I mean, a boy who's vision was seriously impaired in a tragic accident, yet he still sees better than most people. How touching. No actually I'm sure my view is slightly biased as I read it for school and that automatically makes it lower on my list. But overall it is most definetley a children's book. If you want something like this but MUCH better, try A Mango-Shaped space or Stargirl or even Dancing on the Edge or Born Blue by Han Nolan. If you are way beyond any of these type books I would recommend Perks of being a Wallflower and Sloppy Firsts and Second Helpings. Sorry to be so irrelevant but seriously, i'm no crazy person who inexplicably hates good books. I just have high standards and this one did not measure up. SO READ THOSE BOOKS! :)
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Summary: Tangerine
Review: november 27,2003 Tangerine
By Edward Bloor
#0-590-43277-x Paul Fisher's new school doesn't even have any indoor classrooms.
The story of Tangerine starts by the Fisher family moving to Tangerine, Florda.Tangerine used to be the tangerine capital of the world but now Tangerine doesn't even have a tangerine tree in it.Paul Fisher is the youngest son of a family of four.His older brother Eric has a dream in football and paul's dad is right there helping Eric and trying to pushing Paul down the same path but Paul's real love is soccor.His new school in Tangerine wont let him play all because he is legally blind. Now Paul wasn't always blind but he doesn't know how or when he went legally blind.His brother Eric thinks he looked in to an Enclips but is something way deeper than that. Paul thinks he can see fine and even see what other people can't.When the Fishers move Paul starts to have flashbacks and other memories from Tangerine but the only thing is they have never been there before. Read Tangerine and find out what Tangerine,Flordia is really about.
Why should you read Tangerine? I'll tell you why. First Tangerine is a page turner every page kept you wondering what would happen next like when he said "They started to ask who and what was said and I said..." this always would make me read at least ten more pages and he always had a cliffhanger at the end of a page. The whole story kept me interested the whole time but the time I remember the most is when Paul's school is about to sink and Paul is trying to save people from the portables before they sink in a skinkhole. I think alot of people would enjoy this book and have fun reading it. I think people ten to a hundred would fall in love with this book. I think the reason that so many people will love this book is because of the intenseidy and spontaneousness of it.
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Summary: Tangerine
Review: Paul Fisher just moved to Tangerine county from Houston, Tx in a little surb. called Lake windsor downs. There Paul encounters a bunch of his past, and playing on the Tangerine middle school soccer team. Life couldnt be better for Paul, until someone starts robbing all the neighbors that live near Paul, and the mysterious death of a football player
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Summary: Tangerine County
Review: I absolutley loved this book. It is about Paul Fisher, a boy who moves from Texas to Tangerine County, Florida. He has an eyesight problem, his family says he got it form staring at an eclipse but he thinks otherwise. He is in the shadow of his brother Erik, a "star" football player. As Paul lives there he slowly unravels his mysteries about him and others. I reccomend this book from anyone Pre-teen and older. Some parts may be a bit disturbing for younger audiences.
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Summary: Tangerine
Review: In the book Tangerine by Edward Bloor, Paul the main character moves to Tangerine High school and meets new fiends. This book is very interesting and has kind of a mystery to it that Paul is trying to figure out during the story.
Paul and his family moved from Houston, Texas to Tangerine couny in Florida. Paul goes to Lake Windsdor High school. When he gets there his biggest worry is do they have a soccer team? Paul finds out that they do have a soccer team. While he goes to Lake Windsdor High something big happens and he transfers schools. He transferred to Tangerine High and then played on the soccer team they had at Tangerine High School.
This book was very interesting and had kind of a mystery to it. It is interesting because the tangerines have to do with Paul somehow. It is also interesting about his obsession with soccer. It also is interesting because of the mystery. The mystery to this book has something to do with the thick glasses he has to wear. The soccer playing also has to do with the mystery. This book Tangerine by Edward Bloor was interesting and had a mystery.
... Paul goes to Lake Windsdor High, but then transfers over to Tangerine high. Pal is trying to figure out how he got so blind in the eclipse. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes to read.
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