Paul Fisher views the world from behind eyeglasses thus thick he looks like a bug-eyed alien. But he’s not so blind that he can’t see there are a few very unusual reasons for having his family’s fresh house in Tangerine State, Florida. Where else does a sinkhole swallow the neighborhood school, fire burn underground for years, and lightning hit at the same time every day?

The chaos is compounded by constant harassment from his football-star brother, and adjusting to life in Tangerine isn’t easy for Paul-until he joins the soccer team at his middle school. By using his new teammates, Paul starts to discover what lies beneath the surface area of his strange new hometown. And he also benefits the courage to face up to some secrets his family members has been keeping from him for much too long.

In Tangerine, it appears, anything can be done.