He says he lost his vision because he looked at a solar eclipse but HOLD ONTO YOUR BUTTS turns out Erik merced him with the Tangerine spray paint and almost blinded him. Speaking of Paul, I gotta talk about this boy. The only use I'd have for this goddamn garbage is pitching it in the fire at the back of Paul's house where it can burn forever and scar the earth with its horrendously putrid scent. Florida in this story is like a whack ass Texas with more rain and that's not true at all, so on behalf of the the State of Florida, I say fuck you, buddy. It felt like a really bad modern take on Hamlet (I've never read Hamlet) just with lightning strikes wasting fools left and right like it's the Old Testament up in this bitch. The author evidently tried to write a adult drama about kids friggin bludgeoning each other to death but failed so he called it a kids' book and sold it as it was. Reading this book was like eating chicken shit infected with avian flu, with the writing being the chicken shit and the story being the avian flu. Hell, if I could give it two middle fingers I would. This piece of shit is an absolute and utter perversion of the English language. A great self-reflection in what it means to be growing, to be be giving, a piece of fine citrus upon the tongue. You're ahead of me all of a sudden." But I couldn't slow down. until Phoebe had to rip it from my cold dead hands. But this 7th grader is far from boring, he has a spine, a heart, and pair of glasses about an inch thick that become a lynchpin to a much darker deeper secret that had me turning the pages. So I dug in and was immediately swept up in this story about a 7th grader who moves from the boring suburbs of Houston to a strangely overdeveloped region in Florida - another suburb once proudly occupied by tangerine groves, the best in the world. I can't believe you want to read it too." Which is something I'm trying to do: read all the books my two daughters are reading, which is surprisingly easy since kids these days don't do much reading it appears at all in school. She's in 7th grade up here in Washington State and she brought it home and laid it down with a big thud and a groan and "Here it is, Dad. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.What can I tell you except my daughter Phoebe is reading this. Maybe this new start in Tangerine will help Paul finally see the truth about his past. But no one listens to Paul - until his family moves to Tangerine. He can see that his parents' constant praise of his brother, Erik, the football star, is to cover up something that is terribly wrong. A former high school teacher SALES POINTS Introduction by Danny de Vito * Though legally blind, Paul Fisher can see what others cannot. AUTHOR Edward Bloor is the author of four acclaimed novels. 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. In this Florida town, weird is normal: Lightning strikes at the same time every day, a sinkhole swallows a local school, and Paul the geek finds himself adopted into the toughest group around: the soccer team at his middle school. But no one listens to Paul-until his family moves to Tangerine. Though legally blind, Paul Fisher can see what others cannot.
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