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Reader reviewed by LJK

Paul Fisher and his family are big fish who have just moved to the small fish community of Tangerine, Florida. Paul's older brother, Erik, is a football star, a placekicker who can nail field goals from fifty yards. Their father is an engineer who quickly takes over the County Commissioner's office. Mom is immediately a force to be reckoned with in the Homeowner's Association. Even Paul, who is forced to wear special glasses after a mysterious accident, is an excellent soccer player on his middle school team. But all is not as it seems in Tangerine, or with the Fisher family itself.

Tangerine is an excellent novel about family secrets, community loyalties and the cost of doing the right thing. This novel is full of the unexpected, but it is never less than one-hundred percent realistic. Record-breaking sinkholes, underground fires and regular lightning strikes are just the beginning of the challenges faced by Paul in Tangerine, although perhaps the greatest challenge is in his own backyard.