Tangerine by: Edward Bloor

Tangerineby: Edward BloorFor Miss Clabbys 8th grade LA classLA.8 12.54.95, Fiction ReadingLA.8 34.20.81, Setting, Character, Theme, PlotLA.8 56.97.38, Community Connection

SettingTangerine County is a fictional county.It is a new setting for the Fisher family.There are mud bogs that attracted lightning and remain on fire due to the constant strikes.Florida is known as the "Lightning Capital of the World". With more deaths and injuries than all other states combined . . . See this link for more information about lightning strikes by state.

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CharactersPaul Fisheryounger brother in the Fisher family. Sight-impaired from an accident the family does not want to talk about.He wears glasses so thick he looks like a bug-eyed alien, and kids tell a story about how he blinded himself by staring at an eclipse of the sun. But Paul doesnt remember doing that. And he doesnt mind the glasses, because with them he can see. (excerpt from Tangerine)

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PlotPaul Fisher can see things his parents can't, like how evil his older brother, Erik the football star, really is. He can see this even though he has been legally blind since an early-childhood accident he can't remember.

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CharactersEric Fisher is Pauls older brother, the football star with secrets. . . . his parents constant praise of his brother Erik, the football star, is to cover up something that is terribly wrong. (excerpt from Tangerine)

CharactersMr. and Mrs. Fishermoved their family from Texas to FloridaFavor their older sonMay be more blind than Paul

CharactersThe Cruz Family:LuisFriends with Paul from the soccer teamTeresaFriends with Paul from the soccer teamFatherRuns an orange farm with the help of the children

For more information on Floridas orange farmers, click here.

CharactersMr. and Mrs. Donnelly, son MikeMr. and Mrs. Bauer, son Arthur Soccer teammatesTeachers and coaches from two schools

ThemeChangeTruthSeeing people as they really areCourageStrength of Character

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PlotNow his family has moved to the bizarre town of Tangerine, where muck fires burn forever, lightning strikes at the same time each day, and half the school disappears into a sinkhole one afternoon. Paul's memories are starting to return--memories that lead to shocking revelations about his family. Meanwhile, he plays on the soccer team with the toughest Latino kids at school, kids who are beginning to accept him as one of their own.More plot information can be found here.

Links to Additional Information which can be used for Final Projecthttp://trackstar.4teachers.org/trackstar/ts/viewTrackMembersText.do?org.apache.struts.taglib.html.TOKEN=80cca8553bdf345938b85d7ae3a5c764&number=219363&password=

All information must be documented in Final Project.

SymbolismFor class discussion when we have completed the novel, explain how this picture represents Paul and his personal growth through the story.

Resourceshttp://www.commonsensemedia.org/book-reviews/Tangerine.html http://content.scholastic.com/browse/collateral.jsp?id=972_type=Book_typeId=3222http://www.edwardbloor.net