SUMMARY OF TANGERINE THE WASP ABOUT AN INSECT
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Paul Fisher, an eighth grader with bad eyes, is afraid of his older brother, Erik. As Paul packs up his house in Houston, he has a terrifying vision of Erik leaning out the window of a car, wearing a ski-mask, swinging a baseball bat at Paul’s head. He writes about the strange vision in his journal; this mysterious journal entry is how the diary-novel of Tangerine begins.
Paul and his family are moving from Houston to Tangerine County, Florida—a region known for its tangerine groves. When they arrive, Paul sees piles of tangerine trees smoldering in great heaps. Many of the groves, it turns out, are being slashed and burned to make way for new housing developments like the one that the Fisher family moves into: Lake Windsor Downs, a sterile, wealthy development where all the houses the look the same.
When they settle in, Mrs. Fisher joins the Lake Windsor Housing Association and becomes the head of the architectural committee. Mr. Fisher will be the new director of civil engineering for Tangerine County. Erik will be the kicker for Lake Windsor High football team.
Paul’s parents are obsessed with Erik’s football career—so much so that they don’t seem to notice the sinister things about Erik that Paul notices. They also don’t seem to pay any attention to Paul. Paul loves to play soccer; he’s the goalie. .