📖 Tangerine

In Tangerine by Edward Bloor, Paul Fisher is a seventh grader who recently moved to Lake Windsor, a highly developed suburb built by bulldozing old tangerine groves and hills. His new home is host to many extraordinary occurrences, such as sinkholes, fires that burn forever, lightning that strikes the same place every day, and more. He is visually impaired but can see things that his parents can't, such as Paul's harassment at the hands of his older brother, Erik, a star football player. His parents say that the cause of his visual impairment is from when he stared at an eclipse without proper eye protection, but he can't remember the event. Paul enjoys playing soccer and used to be an all-star goalie before he moved, and wants to keep playing in Lake Windsor. What was the real reason causing Paul's vision impairment? What happens in the end? I recommend this book because it has themes of amnesia and finding out one's past, family, nature, fear, and recovery after trauma. The book brings the themes into play one by one quietly brings them out of sight and leaves the reader at the end with a sense of finality.

在爱德华·布鲁尔的《Tangerine》中,Paul Fisher是一名七年级学生,他最近搬到了温莎湖,这是一个新开发的住宅区,建造在一片被推土机推平的老橘子树林和山丘上。他的新家发生了许多非同寻常的事件,如天坑、永远燃烧的火灾、每天袭击同一个地方的闪电等等。Paul虽然有视力障碍,但可以觉察他父母看不到的东西,比如他哥哥Erik对他的骚扰。在父母眼里,Erik是个明星足球运动员。父母告诉Paul,他视力受损的原因是他在没有适当保护的情况下盯着日食,但他不记得这件事了。Paul也喜欢踢足球,在搬家之前曾是一名全明星守门员,他想继续在温莎湖踢球。这后面又会发生什么故事呢?Paul的真正视力受损的原因是什么呢? 我推荐这本书,因为它的主题是失忆和追忆、家庭、自然、恐惧和勇敢。这本书将各个主题贯穿地起来,展现在读者面前,最后给读者留下一个耐人寻味的结果。