"I exploded. "No! No sir!" I yanked off my Coke-bottle glasses and shook them at him in rage. "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. Paul is almost blind, he can only see due to his glasses. He dislikes his middle school yet loves playing soccer. He joins the middle school soccer team while his brother's a football player. 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. It's unnecessary and the only reason it's there was to make Paul blind. Paul makes tons of dumb and brave decisions too, and I end up not liking him. The plot kept dragging on too, with unnecessary side plots everywhere. I get that the author wants to make a long book, but that's not how you make it better. There are some disturbing parts for younger kids (3rd grade) but overall is pretty kid-friendly. I give it a 3/5.
Tangerine
By Edward Bloor
| Interest Level | Reading Level | Reading A-Z | ATOS | Word Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grades 4 - 8 | Grades 3 - 5 | U | 4.3 | 90090 |
Book Reviews (19)
This is a great book.Although it had some disturbing parts(for me) I enjoyed it and thought it was very interesting and very well written.Read it!:D
I love this book so, so, so, much.Paul shows that if your brave you can do anything and I think that's really important.
This book was horrible!! It is about a boy with glasses trying to play soccer. I like soccer, but all the games were in wayyyyy to much detail. There is a lot of unrealistic violence between the main character and his brother. LOTS of it.
I had to read this book for school. It wasn't the best but it wasn't the worst. I didn't understand the end very well but most of the book was ok.
This book is interesting and it has mystery in it. This book is about a family who moves to a county in Florida named Tangerine. Even though at first it may start off kind of boring, the book gets better as you go. This book involves friendship. and courage.
This book is interesting and contains a lot of twists. Overall, it was 't that good because it was kind of predictable and the ending was very abrupt. The autor should haave explained more about what happened to Paul.
I am not a person to read a certain gender book. I don't mind reading boy or girl book. The book is at first difficult to understand but if you just hang in there every thing will certainly make sense. You have to make inferences this way you can stay in the book.i can't wait to read the other adventurers of Paul fisher!
very good book quite mysterious too