Though legally blind, Paul Fisher can see what others cannot. He can see that his parents' constant praise of his brother, Erik, the football star, is to cover up something that is terribly wrong. But no one listens to Paul - until his family moves to Tangerine. In this Florida town, weird is normal: Lightning strikes at the same time every day, a sinkhole swallows a local school, and Paul the geek finds himself adopted into the toughest group around: the soccer team at his middle school. Maybe this new start in Tangerine will help Paul finally see the truth about his past - and will give him the courage to face up to his terrifying older brother. It includes a reader's guide and an afterword by the author.

Bienvenido a Tangerine. Este lugar es mas raro de lo que parece. Paul Fisher ve el mundo a traves de anteojos tan gruesos que parece un insecto del espacio exterior. Pero no esta tan ciego como para no ver que hay algunas cosas "muy" poco normales en la nueva casa de su familia, en el condado de Tangerine, Florida. En donde mas un socavon se traga la escuela de la localidad, el fuego arde debajo de la tierra por anos y caen rayos a la misma hora todos los dias? Con todo este caos, mezclado con el acoso constante de su hermano --quien es una estrella del futbol americano--, acoplarse a la vida en Tangerine no es facil para Paul. Hasta que se une al equipo de futbol de la escuela media donde estudia. Con la ayuda de sus nuevos companeros de equipo, Paul descubre lo que se esconde bajo la extrana superficie de su nuevo lugar de residencia. Y tambien obtiene el coraje para enfrentar algunos de los secretos que su familia le ha estado ocultando por demasiado tiempo. En Tangerine, tal parece, "cualquier cosa" es posible.

"Charity Meyers has only 12 hours to live.
"By 2035 the rich have gotten richer, the poor have gotten poorer, and kidnapping has become a major growth industry in the United States. The children of privilege live in secure, gated communities and are escorted to and from school by armed guards.
But the security around Charity Meyers has broken down. On New Year's morning she wakes and finds herself alone, strapped to a stretcher, in an ambulance that's not moving. If this were a normal kidnapping, Charity would be fine. But as the hours of her imprisonment tick by, Charity realizes there is nothing normal about what's going on. No training could prepare her for what her kidnappers really want . . . and worse, for who they turn out to be.

Martin Conway comes from a family filled with heroes and disgraces. His grandfather was a statesman who worked at the US Embassy in London during WWII. His father is an alcoholic who left his family. His sister is an overachieving Ivy League graduate. And Martin? Martin is stuck in between--floundering.
But during the summer after 7th grade, Martin meets a boy who will change his life forever. Jimmy Harker appears one night with a deceptively simple question: Will you help?
Where did this boy come from, with his strange accent and urgent request? Is he a dream? It's the most vivid dream Martin's ever had. And he meets Jimmy again and again--but how can his dreams be set in London during the Blitz? How can he see his own grandather, standing outside the Embassy? How can he wake up with a head full of people and facts and events that he certainly didn't know when he went to sleep--but which turn out to be verifiably real?
The people and the scenes Martin witnesses have a profound effect on him. They become almost more real to him than his waking companions. And he begins to believe that maybe he "can" help Jimmy. Or maybe that he "must" help Jimmy, precisely "because" all logic and reason argue against it.
This is a truly remarkable and deeply affecting novel about fathers and sons, heroes and scapegoats. About finding a way to live with faith and honor and integrity. And about having an answer to the question: What did you do to help?

"From the Hardcover edition."