

8 (Paul’s mom speaking) QUESTION #2: PERCEPTION V. They create jobs–construction jobs, teaching jobs, civil engineering jobs–like your father’s. They plan communities with nice houses, and schools, and industrial parks. Have the developers really developed the land? How does Luis treat the land? What point do you think the author is making about our right use of the natural world? Is that in agreement with what the Bible says? NATURE (STEWARDSHIP)Ĭan you describe what went on with the goldfish (“koi”)? What other environmental issues were happening as a result of “developing” the land?. Tangerine Discussion Questions QUESTION #1: MAN V. Discussion questions practically leap off the page, so let’s dive right in! Tangerine is a sports book that packs a punch: top notch vocabulary, as many similes as a tangerine grove has tangerines, rich thematic questions, strong characters, and a plot that grabs the reader from the first page. And guess what? Middle school kids don’t get tired of it, either.

I’ve read it multiple times, and I never get tired of it. Tangerine is one of my all-time favorite books to read with middle school kids. Tangerine adds a new element: loving our siblings and family members and our competitors on the sports field (as well as loving those who look different from us on the outside).

To date this school year, our Love Your Neighbor Book Club has read Save Me a Seat and A Long Walk to Water, both of which raised good questions about loving our neighbors near and far who are different from us.
