Synopsis "My Life in the Fish Tank"
From acclaimed author of Maybe He Just Likes You and Halfway Normal comes a powerful and moving story of learning how to grow, change, and survive.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?
