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So, like any good teacher, I read the book ahead of time so that I would be prepared to assist students with their understanding, as well as their essays, for the novel. Nothing can break these goggles.I had never heard of this book before finding out it was a part of the curriculum where I would be teaching. If the dinosaurs had worn these goggles, and the Earth had been bombarded by mile-wide asteroid boulders, the dinosaurs would still have died, but their goggles would be intact. They’re made out of some kind of astronaut plastic that could crash-land on Venus and not break. In addition to my regular glasses, I have special goggles, prescription goggles, for playing sports. Here’s an example of the way Paul speaks… And I think his story will really grab you. Atheltic triumphs, athletic disasters, a fight to save a citrus grove, and the first hints of juvenile romance combine with shattering revelations about a family, a school, and a town in this surprising, moving, and thought-provoking book. The paradise of Tangerine County is threatened by plagues of insects, fire, ice, lightning, mud, crime, and death. Meanwhile, Paul goes (by choice) to an inner-city school where fierce, competitive, even threatening people turn out to have a heart of gold.įriendships, family ties, and even the whole basis of a community are tested. The Fisher family lives in a palatial suburban housing development that, under the surface, seethes with corruption, treachery, and decay. It also builds up a cloud of danger, dread, mystery, and irony. Told in the form of a journal that Paul keeps on his computer, it explores the strange way truths unfold in the mind of a frightened, yet brave, young man. You could say it is a story about memory. Even Paul himself does not fully remember why—until, piece by piece, it comes back to him. Another thing no one understands is why Paul is terrified of his brother. Everyone but Paul seems caught up in the Erik Fisher Football Dream, and no one seems to pay much attention to Paul’s middle-school soccer career. The book begins as Paul and his family move to Tangerine County, Florida, where his older brother Erik is about to start his senior year of high school. He really sees fairly well, though - but in a way few others see. Paul Fisher is a seventh grade soccer goalie who wears very thick glasses because, technically, he is legally blind.