Tangerine by edward bloor read aloud8/9/2023 ![]() Readers are going to want more from this author. Smart, adaptable, and anchored by a strong sense of self-worth, Paul makes a memorable protagonist in a cast of vividly drawn characters multiple yet taut plotlines lead to a series of gripping climaxes and revelations. Bloor fills in the setting with authority and broad irony: In Tangerine County, Florida, groves are being replaced by poorly designed housing developments through which drift clouds of mosquitoes and smoke from unquenchable "muck fires." Football is so big that not even the death of a player struck by lightning during practice gets in the way of NFL dreams: no one, including Paul's parents, see how vicious and amoral his brother, Erik, is off the field. It turns out to be a rough place, where "minorities are in the majority," but Paul fits himself in, playing on the superb soccer team (as a substitute for one of the female stars of the group) and pitching in when a freeze threatens the citrus groves. ![]() After a giant sinkhole swallows much of the ramshackle school, Paul is able to transfer to another school where, with some parental collusion, he can keep his legal status a secret. Paul's thick lenses don't keep him from being a first-rate soccer goalie, but they do make him, willy-nilly, a "handicapped" student and thus, according to his new coach, ineligible to play. D.G.A legally blind seventh-grader with clearer vision than most wins acceptance in a new Florida school as his football-hero older brother self-destructs in this absorbing, multi-stranded debut. He gives Paul an optimistic voice, making him come across as extremely likable, a person ready to learn and grow from life's experiences. Narrator Ramon de Ocampo conveys what it's like to be a teenager, a person with almost no power over his own life, yet full of his own strong beliefs about how things should be. Told in the first person by Paul, this is a thought-provoking, yet highly readable and entertaining story. But when Paul enrolls in Tangerine Middle School, he is given a chance to be someone completely unique for the first time. Articles Features about the SYNC titles and usersĪ teenager's struggles to break free from the denial his family has lived in for years: denial about Paul's mysterious accident, which causes him to wear thick glasses denial about his father's overwhelming interest in his older brother's football stardom while completely neglecting Paul's life denial of the futility of his mother's constant efforts to "fit in" and make them all appear normal to the outside world.Toolkit Resources to use and post about AudiobookSYNC.Season Sync 2023 – 14 weeks of Free audiobooks.Community Collaboration with I'm Your Neighbor Books.Advertise Let us help you reach audiobook listeners.Contact For customer service or with your feedback.Who We love audiobooks! Meet our team of editors and reviewers.Pay your Bill Make a secure payment online.Subscription Services Everything you need to know about subscriptions.Subscribe to AudioFile Get print, digital, or gift magazine subscriptions.Newsletters Sign up for FREE e-newsletters.Kids and Teens Listening selections for kids & teens with age levels.Upcoming Titles Find upcoming audiobook release announcements.Authors Authors talking about their audiobooks.Narrators Spotlight on popular narrators.Articles Discover the diverse voices of audiobooks.Digital Edition AudioFile Digital Edition. ![]()
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