When they reach the school, victor leads the team once around the soccer field, then they meet the coach at midfield. Another good choice was standing up to his older brother erik. As he watched kids hed not seen playing soccer before, how did pauls judgment of the teams ability change from his earlier opinion. There are also problems at the school, and when several of the portable buildings used for classrooms fall into a sinkhole, paul has the change to transfer to another school tangerine middle school. Tangerine by edward bloor grade 7 english language arts. This is an impact on paul because he was the one who told joey to go to tangerine middle school in the first place. Tangerine is a young adult novel by edward bloor, published in 1997 by harcourt plot. She finished fourth because of it, and didnt get to move on to the finals. He dislikes his middle school yet loves playing soccer. Tangerine all main and minor characters flashcards quizlet. Joey decided to quite soccer because he was getting bullied by all of the soccer players and when he was getting bullied paul never stuck up for him 150.
Paul is expelled from tangerine middle school for assaulting the football coach. What happened in erik fishers first football game in the. Victor is the captain of the war eagles and an outspoken leader at tangerine middle school. The book begins as the family moves to tangerine, florida. Erik fisher the antagonist, is pauls older brother. Paul starts to play soccer at the tangerine middle school because his mom got rid of his dissability paperwork before turning it in to tangerine middle school. Team captain, and one of the top scorers in the county. He is loudmouthed and quick to start a fight, but unwaveringly loyal. Tangerine by edward bloor is a novel about the fisherman family and their. Paul fisher moves from houston, tx to tangerine, fl in the summer before his 7th grade year. The lake windsor middle school soccer team is known as the lake windsor seagulls.
Paul still isnt sure how he feels about the other members of the soccer team. I have this sense that great things are expected of. He manages to avoid telling them that he is legally blind and is accepted as a member of the soccer team. One of the female members of the coed team and one of the top scorers in the county. Nothing boosts his confidence more than playing with the lake windsor middle school team, the war. Tangerine by edward bloor, is about a boy named paul who moves to a city in florida named tangerine from texas. He hassles paul when paul arrives at tangerine middle. What surprises paul and his mother about the tangerine soccer team is that it is boys and girls on the same team. In tangerine, what is the name of the lake windsor soccer team. Paul tries out for the soccer team, and makes it easily. Do you have thoughts and feelings about these issues. It affected paul because he made many friends on the soccer team. Tangerine cable system, a submarine telecommunications cable system. He is one of the stars of the tangerine soccer team, and a friend of pauls.
His parents hardly notice that he is a gifted soccer player becasue he is completely overshadowed by his older brother, erik. Tangerine is a young adult novel by edward bloor, published in 1997 by harcourt. How is tangerine middle schools soccer team different from other teams in the area. The protagonist paul fisher eclipse boy or mars has to fight through being kicked off the soccer team. Bright, the soccer coach, says that pauls being on the team is that he will play as a backup goalie at all the games. A list of characters in tangerine by edward bloor brighthub. Paul fisher the protagonist, is twelve years old and in seventh grade. As he walks through the halls people slam into him. Tangerine is set in fictional tangerine county, florida. Victor guzman tangerine middle school soccer player. Tangerine by edward bloor setting, summaries and analysis of the major.
Read about how we can help you with your saving, spending, borrowing and investing needs. On friday, september 22nd, paul gets to play in a soccer game for tangerine middle. Paul is the goalie for his soccer team despite the fact the he is practically blind. Paul and joey are on the sidelines watching as their team dominates. Gino deluca captain of the lake windsor downs middle school boys soccer team. Nita shirali tangerine middle school soccer player. One of the things that i particular paul is the goalie for his soccer team despite the fact the he is practically blind. The soccer game against lake windsor middle school was such a big deal because they are undefeated just like tangerine middle but tangerine middle has not had a tied game like lake windsor has and there tied game was with the first team pauls team played the palmettos and pauls team beat them in like tying with them like lake windsor did. One 14yearold said that the dizzying number of subplots could have been streamlined, for her taste, and that sections in the first half of the book were slow. Paul is legally blind, but he doesnt know how he got that way.
He hopes to play goalie for the soccer team, while his brother erik will be the star kicker for the high school football team. A good choice paul made was playing soccer for tangerine middle school. Paul finds himself a tangerine middle school war eagle. Paul has also made good choices that had good results. Tangerine is an allaround awesome title for this book. Its actually got a triple meaningthats three times the tangeriney goodness it refers to the name of the county the fishers move to in floridatangerine county.
Tangerine what position does paul play on the soccer team. But why every time when i come here i always have to do this i am not a robot im a real person thank you and have a nice day. Tangerine study guide contains a biography of edward bloor. Its obvious that tangerine author edward bloor had some fun with the. What does joey tell paul about the reputation the kids on the tangerine middle school soccer team have. What nickname do the guys on the soccer team give paul. Tangerine is a book about a seventh grader, written for an audience of middle schoolers. The book tangerine by edward bloor is about a boy named paul fisher who is moving to tangerine florida. A player on the soccer team he played against at his first game with tangerine middle. Henry dilkes tangerine middle school soccer player.
Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Its not a real place, but who caresit sounds delicious. Essentially, paul gets kicked off the lake windsor middle school soccer team because his disability prevents him from being covered under the schools accident insurance plan. The tangerine team is 900 for the season, and lake windsor is 901, meaning that this game decides the season.
Bright, the soccer coach, say to paul about being on the team. What kind of information do you think the newspaper should print about tangerine middles soccer team. With the help of his new teammates, paul begins to discover what lies beneath the surface of his strange new hometown. Also he wont have his best friend at the school or at soccer. The final game of the season is against lake windsorpauls old school. Paul, erik, and his mom and dad move from houston tx to tangerine fl when paul is in 7th grade.
The soccer team is back from their suspension today, and they come to sit with them. Tangerine color, an orangecolor hue used to give the impression of the tangerine fruit. On his way in, he passes boys karatekicking each other. Tangerine middle school asked pauls mom to bring over his file from lake windsor. While trying to understand and befriend the students at his new school, especially his soccer teammates, paul continues to keep his eyes on erik. Asked in history of the united states, football american, decade 1930s what important events happened. Tangerine audible audiobook unabridged edward bloor author, trevor goble narrator. The chaos is compounded by constant harassment from his footballstar brother, and adjusting to life in tangerine isnt easy for pauluntil he joins the soccer team at his middle school. Since lake windsor kicked him off the soccer team due to his vision problems and his i. With the help of his new teammates, paul begins to discover. How do the kids on the tangerine middle school soccer team treat. But its also young adult lit because it addresses issues that are super important to young adults like bullying, discrimination, family relationships, friendship, and being truthful. This is an opinion question, so as long as it makes sense, then its right.
This is the anchor book test for the novel, tangerine by edward bloor. Luis also, it turns out, used to play goalie on the tangerine middle school soccer team. The time is around 1997, when the book was written. He leaves feeling happy and hopeful, having gained the respect and awe of his soccer team and fellow students. Above all, tangerine is about the revelations that adolescents experience as they begin to step back and see their families through more detached eyes. Pauls own game is soccer, which he plays even though he has to wear thick glasses because of a mysterious eye injury. Paul fishers older brother erik is a high school football star, but to paul hes no hero. However, unlike his brother erik, a highschool football star, paul is unable to fit in with the new environment. He joins the middle school soccer team while his brothers a football player. Tangerine records 1992, a ukbased independent record label founded in 1992 by paul bevoir, chris hunt and john ashworth. It is about a boy named paul fisher, an unpopular soccer player who lives in a family that aims just about all of their attention toward the older brother, erik, a star football player in high school. Will i make the difference between winning and losing for the middle schools soccer team. Become a tangerine client and enjoy the benefits of banking with the everyday, direct bank that helps you make smart decisions with your money.
All incoming seventh grade students will be required to. The unchallenged leader of the tangerine middle school war eagles soccer team. The school building is old and rundown and hes never seen anything like it in tangerine. But in both lake windsor and tangerine middle school he becomes popular when he proves his skills on the soccer field. When the fishers move to tangerine, florida, paul tries to make sense of things. A because joey is on the team and he wants to be with his best friend b he is happy just to be playing soccer at all c he can be a member of the soccer team and be protected from his brother erik d he can play football without his brother erik picking on him e he will be playing on a coed team and he wants to meet one of the pretty girls. He promises tino hell be over to help in the tangerine groves soon, even though he has to transfer to st. Paul is almost blind, he can only see due to his glasses. In a prologue, when paul fisher was in kindergarten, a few friends of erik, pauls older brother, calls paul eclipse boy, causing paul to believe that was why he was visually impaired.