“Now 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.He can see this even though he has been legally blind since an early-childhood accident he can't remember.” “Paul Fisher can see things his parents can't, like how evil his older brother, Erik the football star, really is.For more information on Florida’s orange farmers, click here.Father-Runs an orange farm with the help of the children.Teresa-Friends with Paul from the soccer team.Luis-Friends with Paul from the soccer team.Fisher-moved their family from Texas to Florida his parents’ constant praise of his brother Erik, the football star, is to cover up something that is terribly wrong.” (excerpt from Tangerine) Eric Fisher is Paul’s older brother, the football star with secrets.And he doesn’t mind the glasses, because with them he can see.” (excerpt from Tangerine) “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.Sight-impaired from an accident the family does not want to talk about. Paul Fisher-younger brother in the Fisher family.For more information about setting, use the Internet link here.In what ways is the setting of the town of Tangerine a metaphor for Paul's life? What is it that eats away at Paul's foundation? What fire burns constantly in Paul's life? What is it in Paul's life that collapses just as the ground collapses into a sinkhole?” “Paul's subdivision was built on a foundation of termite-infested ground, next to a field that constantly burns muck fires, near a school that is built on land that becomes a sinkhole.Jump to: Setting, Characters, Theme, Plot, Conflict, Resources.See this link for more information about lightning strikes by state.With more deaths and injuries than all other states combined. “Florida is known as the 'Lightning Capital of the World'.

There are mud bogs that attracted lightning and remain on fire due to the constant strikes.It is a new setting for the Fisher family.Tangerine County is a fictional county.Tangerineby: Edward Bloor For Miss Clabby’s8th grade LA class LA.8 12.54.95, Fiction Reading LA.8 34.20.81, Setting, Character, Theme, Plot LA.8 56.97.38, Community Connection

Tangerine by edward bloor