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Tangerine

by Edward Bloor

A new town with trouble beneath the surface

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  • Critical praise

    BCCB praise: “A richly imagined read about an underdog coming into his own.”

    Attributed critical praise describes the book as a richly imagined story about an underdog coming into his own.

AlbakiReads Editorial

A new town with trouble beneath the surface

In Tangerine County, Florida, sinkholes, underground fires, and daily lightning strikes make Paul Fisher’s new home an unsettling place to navigate. At school, he also faces harassment from his football-star brother. Joining the middle-school soccer team brings Paul into a new circle of teammates and into a story about family secrets, belonging, and finding the courage to confront what has been hidden. The unusual events in the town and the tensions at home give the novel two intertwined sources of conflict, with soccer providing a connection between them.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Middle-grade readers interested in stories about sibling conflict and family secrets.
  • Readers who enjoy school and team settings, especially soccer.
  • Children ages 9–12 interested in fiction addressing disability.

Themes

DisabilityFamily secretsSibling conflictBelonging and teamworkCourage

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Book overview

A modern-day classic underdog story to share with middle graders alongside such favorites as Wonder, Holes, and Bridge to Terabithia.

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.

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.

"A richly imagined read about an underdog coming into his own." --BCCB

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