[1] Paul Fisher and his family move from Houston, Texas to Lake Windsor Downs in Tangerine, Florida.

His family credits his visual injury to an incident, which he does not remember, in which at a young age, he continued to stare at a solar eclipse despite his parents' warnings not to.

The emergency relocation plan gives the students the choice to stay at Lake Windsor, their present school, with a different schedule and more crowded classes, or to transfer to Tangerine Middle School, on the other, poorer side of the county; Paul chooses Tangerine Middle to be able to play soccer again.

Luis works at his parents' citrus farm and is developing a new kind of tangerine called the Golden Dawn.

On Senior Awards Night, Tino and Victor attack Erik and Arthur as revenge for killing Luis.

His mother cries and they admit to lying about the eclipse, stating that they were only trying to ensure that Paul never hated Erik for his actions.

As they leave, they find the police, led to the house by Joey, waiting outside to arrest Erik and Arthur for the murder of Luis.

Back at the school, Paul and his mother meet with the principal, who informs him that Tino and Victor have been suspended for 3 weeks for attacking a student.

The book ends with Paul being driven to his third school of the year by his father, thinking about Mike Costello and Luis and taking in the sight and smell of the orange groves.