Tangerine

Edward Bloor

Viking, 2003, 309 pp., $6.95

ISBN 0-15-201246X





Paul Fisher´s life is anything except normal. Having a giant problem with his eyes, a special needs boy is teased by his classmates who nickname him "Mars" and "Eclipse Boy" . So he's not normal like everybody else. But when his father has the opportunity to work in Florida and get paid double, things only get from bad to worse.



There are two important settings in Bloor's… Continue

Mom drives to the soccer field,

in our blue Explorer

and I ask, "Where's dad?"

Mom answers, "He's not coming tonight".

(Anger and sadness spread through my veins

of hearing you weren't coming.)

"He has to work," Mom reminds me,

"And he arrives too tired."



The game begins and I'm thinking of you

(wondering why you haven't come)

We're losing 2 to1.

(I can't stop thinking of you.)



Luis ties the game and we all… Continue

Mom drives to the soccer field,

in our blue Explorer truck

and I asked,"Where is dad?"

She answers,"He is not coming tonight".

Anger and sadness spread to my veins

of hearing you weren't coming.

"He has to work", my mom says,

"He arrives too tired".



The game begins and I'm thinking of you

wondering why haven't you come.

We're losing 2 to 1.

I can't stop thinking of you.



Luis ties the game and we all celebrate;

the game… Continue