Nerd Blast: My Life in the Fish Tank by Barbara Dee (Spotlight + Giveaway!)

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Posted September 16, 2020 by Kaity in Book Blitz, Book Tours, Giveaways, Spotlight / 0 Comments

Happy Wednesday and welcome to my stop on the Nerd Blast for MY LIFE IN THE FISH TANK! I’m so excited because today I get to shine a spotlight on this wonderful book for you! This book is truly amazing and I’m so so excited to for you to find out more about MY LIFE IN THE FISH TANK and Barbara Dee, plus enter to win a print copy!

My Life in the Fish Tank by Barbara Dee
Published on September 15, 2020 by Aladdin
Genres: Middle Grade, Contemporary
Pages: 320
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When twelve-year-old Zinnia Manning’s older brother Gabriel is diagnosed with a mental illness, the family’s world is turned upside down. Mom and Dad want Zinny, her sixteen-year-old sister, Scarlett, and her eight-year-old brother, Aiden, to keep Gabriel’s condition “private”—and to Zinny that sounds the same as “secret.” Which means she can’t talk about it to her two best friends, who don’t understand why Zinny keeps pushing them away, turning everything into a joke.
It also means she can’t talk about it during Lunch Club, a group run by the school guidance counselor. How did Zinny get stuck in this weird club, anyway? She certainly doesn’t have anything in common with these kids—and even if she did, she’d never betray her family’s secret.
The only good thing about school is science class, where cool teacher Ms. Molina has them doing experiments on crayfish. And when Zinny has the chance to attend a dream marine biology camp for the summer, she doesn’t know what to do. How can Zinny move forward when Gabriel—and, really, her whole family—still needs her help?

Barbara Dee is the author of eleven middle grade novels published by Simon & Schuster, including My Life in the Fish Tank, Maybe He Just Likes You, Everything I Know About You, Halfway Normal, and Star-Crossed. Her books have earned several starred reviews and have been named to many best-of lists, including the The Washington Post’s Best Children’s Books, the ALA Notable Children’s Books, the ALA Rise: A Feminist Book Project List, the NCSS-CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, and the ALA Rainbow List Top Ten. Barbara lives with her family, including a naughty cat named Luna and a sweet rescue hound named Ripley, in Westchester County, New York.