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product_id: 377905885
title: "My Life in the Fish Tank"
brand: "barbara dee"
price: "$U778"
currency: UYU
in_stock: true
reviews_count: 8
url: https://www.desertcart.uy/products/377905885-my-life-in-the-fish-tank
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region: Uruguay
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# My Life in the Fish Tank

**Brand:** barbara dee
**Price:** $U778
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

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- **What is this?** My Life in the Fish Tank by barbara dee
- **How much does it cost?** $U778 with free shipping
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My Life in the Fish Tank

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Must read for middle grades!
  

*by K***T on Reviewed in the United States on September 18, 2020*

I give this book 5 stars! Barbara Dee has a way of taking complex, mature topics and making them accessible, appropriate and engaging for middle grades students. In this novel, she skillfully addresses mental illness and the impact it has on families, specifically a middle grades girl, Zinny. Throughout the novel, Zinny grapples with the new information that her brother has bi-polar disorder and how to face her feelings when her parents are asking her to keep her brothers’ illness a secret. Dee uses flashbacks to illustrate Zinny’s changing family dynamics, her relationship with her brother and complex changing friendships.  Ultimately Zinny learns the value of true friends, how helpful it is to share her feelings with trusted adults and peers and mental illness is not shameful. This book would be especially helpful for anyone who is dealing with mental illness themselves or knows someone who is. It would help them to have words to express is going on and reinforce that mental illness, like a physical illness is nothing that should cause shame. All middle grades students would benefit from the valuable lessons about humanity illustrated in this book as well as be engaged with the plot and relatable characters. I have already preordered this book and encourage you to do so as well. It would be perfect for any 5th-8th classroom library and would also be beneficial for counselors to read and have on their shelves to recommended to students who might specifically relate.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Literature that helps kids grow into empathetic adults
  

*by S***A on Reviewed in the United States on June 16, 2021*

Guess what? It isn’t 1985 anymore. This author writes about relevant issues facing kids today - issues of consent, diversity, mental health etc. It is so important that we break the stigma regarding mental illness. I grew up with a father who struggled his whole life suffering from mental illness. I have had struggles myself and so have my children. No one should have to feel shame about themselves or a family member having a normal health condition.  As a school librarian, I am so happy that there are children’s books addressing this issue in a way that isn’t overly didactic, showing kids that mental illness can be part of everyday life. Presenting kids with a relatable story can be therapeutic for readers experiencing mental illness, as well as generally helping to build empathy. Highly recommended for middle grade readers.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    A must-read, relatable middle-grade!
  

*by L***R on Reviewed in the United States on September 17, 2020*

Barbara Dee just keeps getting better and better. She’s becoming one of those authors. You know the ones? “I’ll read anything they’ve written.”Fish Tank has it all: relatable, VIBRANT characters, a crisp, moving plot that doesn’t slow so kids won’t want to put it down (love those short, tight chapters,) and a focus on mental illness. This last is especially important today, as we as a society begin to understand the harm that keeping things “a secret” can do. Mental illness shouldn’t be a “tough topic,” and if we help kids start to understand and talk about it, maybe it won’t be.Bravo, Barbara Dee, and many thanks to Aladdin for sharing this one with my reading group.

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*Last updated: 2026-02-19*