Tangerine (平装) 0152057803

Though legally blind, Paul Fisher can see what others cannot. He can see that his parents' constant praise of his brother, Erik, the football star, is to cover up something that is terriblywrong. But no one listens to Paul--until his family moves to Tangerine. In this Florida town, weird is normal: Lightning strikes at the same time every day, asinkhole swallows a local school, and Paul the geek finds himself adopted into the toughest group around: the soccer team at his middle school. Maybe this new start in Tangerine will help Paul finally see the truth about his past--and will give him the courage to face up to his terrifying older brother. Includes a reader's guideandan afterword by theauthor. .com Review So what if he's legally blind? Even with his bottle-thick,bug-eyed glasses, Paul Fisher can see better than most people. He cansee the lies his parents and brother live out, day after day. No oneever listens to Paul, though--until the family moves to Tangerine. InTangerine, even a blind, geeky, alien freak can become cool. Whoknows? Paul might even become a hero! Edward Bloor's debut novelsparkles with wit, authenticity, unexpected plot twists, andheart. The writing is so fine, the story so triumphant, that you justmight stand up and shout when you get to the end. Hooray!--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. From Publishers Weekly Living in surreal Tangerine County, Fla., a legally blind boy begins to uncover the ugly truth about his football-hero brother. PW praised Bloor for "wedding athletic heroics to American gothic with a fluid touch and flair for dialogue." Ages 11-up. Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From School Library Journal Grade 6-8.Paul starts seventh grade after moving from Houston to a ritzy new development in Tangerine County, FL. Legally blind following some repressed childhood incident, he nonetheless sees familial, environmental, and social anomalies of the local landscape with greater acuity than the adults around him. His intense mother quickly assumes a leadership role in the Homeowner's Association. His civil engineer father is obsessed with his older brother Erik's football career. Lurking beneath their suburban veneer are real dangers that deepen the disquieting atmosphere: smoke from an unquenchable muck fire casts a pall over the area; lightning kills a football player during practice; a sinkhole swallows the school's portable classrooms; and Paul's conflicts with Erik, a truly nasty, probably psychotic kid. Paul is determined to do whatever it takes to make it on the soccer field, in the classroom, and with his peers. The difference between local people with knowledge of the land and ignorant newcomers who are perplexed by it is powerfully portrayed. Equally clear is that class consciousness and racism have built fences through which Paul chooses to blast holes. Mix a sensitive male protagonist reminiscent of Asa in Bruce Brooks's What Hearts (HarperCollins, 1992), ratchet the soccer scenes from Joseph Cottonwood's The Adventures of Boone Barnaby (Scholastic, 1990) up several degrees of intensity, and enjoy this satisfying family/healing, coming-of-age struggle in which everyone takes some licks, but Paul keeps on kicking.?Joel Shoemaker, Southeast Jr. High School, Iowa City, IA Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. From Booklist Gr. 7^-10. Although Paul needs thick glasses to enable him to see well enough to do things other kids do, his instinctual vision isn't impaired. It's 20/20, allowing him to "see" behind the facade of Tangerine County, Florida, where his family has recently moved. He chronicles his adjustment to this bizarre new place, describing his triumph at soccer, making new friends, and tending a tangerine grove. He also unravels the horrible truth about his disturbed, menacing older brother. There's a lot going on in the story--perhaps too much--and with the exception of Paul, the characters are little more than intriguing, shadowy shapes. Paul's musings occasionally seem too old for his years, as well. Still, the book has a lot going for it, especially the atmospheric portrait of the eerie community, where lightning strikes more often than it does anywhere else and a school is swallowed by a sinkhole. One thing is for sure: this dark debut novel proves that Bloor is a writer to watch.Kathleen Squires--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. From Kirkus Reviews A legally blind seventh-grader with clearer vision than mostwins acceptance in a new Florida school as his football-heroolder brother self-destructs in this absorbing, multi-strandeddebut. Paul's thick lenses don't keep him from being a first-ratesoccer goalie, but they do make him, willy-nilly, a``handicapped'' student and thus, according to his new coach,ineligible to play. After a giant sinkhole swallows much of hisramshackle school, Paul is able to transfer to another schoolwhere, with some parental collusion, he can keep his legal statusa secret. It turns out to be a rough place, where ``minoritiesare in the majority,'' but Paul fits himself in, playing on thesuperb soccer team (as a substitute for one of the female starsof the group) and pitching in when a freeze threatens the citrusgroves. Bloor fills in the setting with authority and broadirony: In Tangerine County, Florida, groves are being replaced bypoorly designed housing developments through which drift cloudsof mosquitoes and smoke from unquenchable ``muck fires.''Football is so big that not even the death of a player struck bylightning during practice gets in the way of NFL dreams; no one,including Paul's parents, sees how vicious and amoral hisbrother, Erik, is off the field.Smart, adaptable, and anchored by a strong sense ofself-worth, Paul makes a memorable protagonist in a cast ofvividly drawn characters; multiple yet taut plotlines lead to aseries of gripping climaxes and revelations. Readers are going towant more from this author. (Fiction. 11-15) -- Copyright 1997, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. Review "Smart, adaptable, and anchored by a strong sense of self-worth, Paul makes a memorable protagonist . . . multiple yet taut plotlines lead to a series of gripping climaxes and revelations."--Kirkus Reviews "A richly imagined read about an underdog coming into his own."--The Bulletin EDWARD BLOOR is the author of three acclaimed novels. A former high school teacher, he lives near Orlando, Florida.

出版社	Harcourt Children
作者	Edward Bloor