Tangerine
HarperCollins · Paperback · September 1, 2006
A modern-day classic underdog story to share with middle graders alongside such favorites as Wonder, Holes, and Bridge to Terabithia.
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- Who it’s for
- An offbeat hometown and the pull of soccer give this underdog story plenty to look beneath.
- Themes
- Coming into one's own, Family secrets, Sibling harassment
- Genres
- Soccer Stories, Sibling Stories, Bullying
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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.
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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
Strange Ground, New Team
An offbeat hometown and the pull of soccer give this underdog story plenty to look beneath.
Come here for
- Small-town oddities alongside middle-school pressure
- A team-centered thread in a story of finding courage
Expect
- A layered coming-into-your-own narrative
- Unusual events, family secrets, and a sharp-eyed perspective
Where it sits
| Soccer Stories | 56% |
|---|---|
| Bullying | 34% |
| Sibling Stories | 28% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Boys & Men
- Sibling Stories
- Soccer Stories
- Bullying
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- YA Stories About Boys & Men
- YA Sibling Stories
- Soccer
- Authors
- Edward Bloor
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- September 1, 2006
- Format
- Paperback
- Theme
- Coming into one's own · Family secrets · Sibling harassment
- Reading lane
- Boys & Men