Book Report on Tangerine

     

     This week I read a great book called Tangerine. The book was about a boy who has thick glasses and is not respected as much as his brother who is a star football kicker. The reason why the boy, named Paul has big glasses is unknown until the end. As Erik the football star meets new friends strange things have happened including the death of Paul's friend's cousin. I think that the main idea of the book is that you shouldn't keep all of your secrets to yourself.

    An example of this is when Erik and Arthur stole a lot of jewelery from people and they kept it to themselves. Later when they were caught, the townspeople didn't like that they stole and that they didn't turn themselves in. This shows that you shouldn't keep everything to yourself because if they hadn't kept it to themselves then they wouldn't be in such big trouble.

     Another example of a lie in the book was when Paul's parents told Paul that he has glasses because he had stared at the sun too long. What really happened was that Erik had sprayed spray paint into his eyes but the parents didn't want Paul to know and hate his brother. This is another reason why you shouldn't keep all secrets to yourself because now Paul hates Erik even more then he would have if his parents told him earlier.

     In conclusion, Tangerine was a great book that showed me that you shouldn't keep all of your secrets. Some examples of this are when Erik and Arthur stole and kept it to themselves and got in big trouble and when Paul's parents lied to Paul and kept the reason for Paul's bad eyesight to themselves so he wouldn't hate his brother. The book makes me wonder, if everyone had been more open in the past would Erik and Arthur not have gotten in trouble? Or if Paul's parents had told Paul, would Paul not hate his brother now?