Tangerine

The story is about a 13 year old boy named Brandon Lopez, who is dealing with the new environment after moving to Atlanta, Georgia. Throughout the story, it is mentioned that he is ADHD. His parents' continue to explain that being ADHD is not a disease but something normal. Throughout this story, Brandon like Paul from the book Tangerine who deals with living in a new state, , and secrets his family are keeping.

The story begins with Paul's family on move-in day. When the family arrives in Tangerine, they realize that the location of the house is a drawback due to the constant thunderstorms, termite infested base, and Muck Fires. Because of this, Paul's mom is angry that Paul's dad hasn't overlooked many things before moving. After they unpack, Paul goes for a tour of his school, Lake Windsor Middle. Paul and his mother are greatly distressed at the school's appearance, because 7th and 8th graders have classes in small wooden portables connected by wooden walkways. Paul does not mind; he is annoyed with his mother for filing an IEP. Later on, Mike Costello, another football player on Erik's team, is introduced into the story after Paul plays a game of soccer with Mike's younger brother, Joey Costello.

After the first day of school, Paul goes to practice with Lake Windsor's soccer team, the Seagulls. However, the coach kicks Paul off the team because of the IEP form his mother filed for him because of his blindness. If a handicapped player (I.E; one with an IEP form) plays on a school sports team, the manager of that team will have to pay insurance if the player in question is harmed.

The next day, Erik tells his family that Mike Costello was struck and killed by lightning at practice when he was leaning on the football field's goalpost. Erik and his friend Arthur Bauer are happy of the incidence, and laugh and make fun of Mike, stating "he got mohawked". Only Paul knows how Erik and Arthur really feel about Mike Costello, whilst his mother and father are oblivious to Erik's unruliness as usual.