Week 6

I started reading Tangerine by Edward Bloor. This book is about a kid named Paul. He is kind of like a nerd with huge glasses that nobody likes. His brother is a star football player and Paul is usually jelouse that everyone likes him. Paul's family moves to Tangerine, Florida and it is pretty tough for Paul to move at first. Eric quickly gets popular because he is a star on their football team, and Paul is only exited about one thing. He is only exited about soccer tryouts. Paul is a goalie and he is really good. Every other boy calles him Mars because he has these huge goggles that help him see. In the end, though, Paul doen't make the team because he is "handycapped". His mother is, in my opinion, overprotecive and she made it known that Paul was legaly blind, even though he could see fine with the goggles. He coach can't have a handycapped person on the team. Paul is really upset because he is a really good goalie and it seems that soccer was the only thing he looked forward to.

I feel kind of sorry for Paul that he can't see that well and he has a very overprotective mother. His mother makes everybody know that Paul is blind, even when he can see with his thick glasses. I don't think he should have gotten kicked off the team because even if he was handycapped, he was still the best. I, however, don't think that Paul should be so jelouse and concerned with his brother. Football is his thing and I think Paul should just be happy with who he is.