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Erik Fisher Football Dream In Tangerine By Edward Bloor

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The “Erik Fisher Football Dream” is there ever anything about Paul? “Tangerine” by Edward Bloor is about a teenager named Paul who struggles with finding out what happened to his eyes that made him legally blind. Paul has visions of this that happened to him in the past that he doesn’t remember, he usually gets these flashbacks/visions when he sees something that triggers it. In the beginning of Tangerine Paul is confused and angry. “Something started to bother me immediately.” At Paul’s new school he sees a tall grey wall that reminds him of something in the past. Which doesn’t give a good example of the school in the first place. Also, Erik, Paul’s brother, is hated by Paul in the beginning of the book. Also like Erik, Paul’s dad doesn’t

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