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Paul Fisher is twelve years old when his family moves from Houston to Tangerine County, Florida, where his father is to be a civil engineer for the county. Paul's father and brother, Erik, have already gone to Florida, leaving Paul and his mother to make the drive alone. As they leave, Paul has a scene at the edge of his memory but can't quite pull it up. Paul enrolls in the Lake Windsor Middle School where he tries out for the soccer team. But when the coach discovers that Paul is legally blind, he removes him from the team despite Paul's obvious ability.

The family soon realizes that the housing development where they are to attend is not perfect due to mistakes in the county's civil engineering department. There are also problems at the school, and when several of the portable buildings used for classrooms fall into a sinkhole,...
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