In this page-turning follow-up to the modern-day classic Tangerine, an underdog kid from a troubled home navigates a tumultuous summer while finding friendship and confidence on the soccer field.
Paul Fisher is eager to leave his rich-kid private school and get back to Tangerine Middle, where he’d found acceptance as the goalkeeper of the War Eagles, the toughest soccer team in the county. First, though, he must survive the summer at home, where lightning strikes spark underground fires that never go out and a tropical storm provides cover for criminals—including his own brother.
Then a new crisis unfolds, and Paul must testify against one of the War Eagles in a criminal case. Suddenly, the lessons about Truth vs. Loyalty and Justice vs. Mercy that Sister Catherine taught at Saint Anthony’s Prep don’t seem so theoretical anymore. In fact, they might be just what Paul needs to figure out how to fight an unjust legal system and stay true to himself and his teammates.---from the publisher
192 pages 978-0063428324 Ages 9-13
Keywords: sequel, summer, brothers, dysfunctional family, soccer, crime, injustice, 9 year old, 10 year old, 11 year old, 12 year old, 13 year old
Editor's note: This is the sequel to Tangerine
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Paul Fisher's older brother, Erik, had someone spray Paul's eyes with paint leaving Paul barely able to see. Paul's brother and his buddies committed a bunch of robberies in the neighborhood. Clearly, Erik cares about one person and that is himself.
Now, Erik is living upstairs in his room wearing an ankle monitor and eating bag after bag of Doritos. Not exactly remorseful.
Erik is not a good person. Not paying the price for what he did.
Enter the McCarthy family, renters, new in the neighborhood, and full of exciting promises about investing in their very profitable business, Dixie Subs. A whole lotta talk and a whole lotta you go do the work for me.
It's easy to believe what you want to believe is true and that's exactly what Paul's father is doing. He is swallowing the McCarthy family story hook, line and sinker. He wants to be rich. He wants get to easy street the easy way. He is willing not to ask any questions of Mr. McCarthy.
Where does all of this leave Paul? In school he learned from Sister Catherine, a nun, about an ethical dilemma. He learned that sometimes there is no easy right answer. Paul has seen the truth. Paul has seen through the story and the fakery being sold to the community and especially to his own family.
What do you do when you don't have an easy answer? What do you do when you might be the only one who sees what's right?
We live in a world right now that is driven by chaos and leadership that tells us what we want to believe is true. But, is it true? What would Paul do?
Recommended by: Barb Langridge, abookandahug.com
