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"Fish in a Tree" was another book that I read because my daughter is reading it for school. The book is a quick and excellent read. It's easy to identify at the beginning that Ally Nickerson has dyslexia, even without reading the description of the book. For those reviewers who called it "predictable," it's important to keep in mind that the book is targeted at grades 5-8. The daughter of a father in the military, Ally changes schools a lot, so she has never been diagnosed and displays classic avoidance techniques when it comes to assignments that require reading or writing. She is disruptive and gets sent to the office a lot. When her regular sixth-grade teacher goes out on maternity leave, her substitute is the one who recognizes the challenges Ally is facing. He doesn't let her get away with her avoidance and works with her to overcome the challenges of not being able to learn the way the other students do. He makes her realize that she is not dumb, which is what she wholeheartedly believes, and makes her realize that she wants to do well.

Throughout the book, we see Ally blossom in her ability and in her confidence -- going from thinking that it's impossible for her to read and write to seeing what is possible for her. We see her relationships with her classmates change, and we see the difference that a great teacher can make for a child. There are also plenty of examples of how children treat each other in school when they're away from their parents -- good, bad, and indifferent.

Everyone can take a lesson from this story, and it should be on every parent's reading list.


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Fish in a Tree Lynda Mullaly Hunt 9780399162596 Books Reviews

Everyone should read this book a window into the life of a student with dyslexia, a glance at different types of bullying, and a witness for all the great teachers whose work go unnoticed. Once more, Lynda Mullaly Hunt shines.
I think this book has many affirming life lessons to teach and not only to those with dyslexia or learning challenges. We all feel different at times, or as Ally the protagonist puts it, we all feel chained to a heavy block that we have to carry around. I think this book offers encouragement that these seemingly insurmountable problems do eventually become easier or even pass away.

This book ends happily with everything looking up for Ally and her friends by the end of the book. I want that happy, upbeat ending for a book for this age group. We recently read Posted together and it made us all feel down at the end. This book was a much better choice for us. My two daughters (11-years-old and 8-years-old), my husband, my mother, and I all read and enjoyed this uplifting book. I cried a couple of times reading this and so did my mother and younger daughter! I wish there were more people in the world, let alone the school system, like Mr. Daniels!

Overall, we were enriched by reading this book and we enjoyed the process.
While written from a sixth grader's viewpoint, it grabbed the heart of the teacher in me. Everyone should read this to get a closer idea of adolescence and the problems faced by many. Knowing more about Dyslexia is a passion of mine, and this book helped reinforce those feelings. I hope there are many teachers out there like Mr. Daniels.
Have you ever watched a movie or read a book with a main character that really touched a chord with you? Someone who related to you so much that you felt EXACTLY like that character? That you had virtually the same experiences as that character? This was one of those rare times where it happened to me. Of course, over the years, there's been plenty of fictional characters I've really liked and/or related to, but this was one of the few times where I thought I was reading a book about me and not someone else.

Sixth grader Ally is a genius at math, and a gifted artist with an active imagination. But she also has a big secret--she has an extremely difficult time reading. Because of this, she believes herself to be a hopeless idiot, and will do anything to keep her problems under wraps, even if it means acting out in class and denying any sort of friendship with anyone. But everything changes when her class gets a new teacher--an unconventional man named Mr. Daniels who has a strong suspicion of what Ally's problem is, and he'll do anything and everything he can to help her succeed. And in doing so, Ally just might discover how smart she actually is...with a little help from some special teaching methods and a few unlikely friends.

Ally is a great protagonist who is incredibly clever and smart, and it's inspiring to see her transformation over the course of the story--going from someone who believes herself to be dumb and a hopeless cause, to a happy and confident person who recognizes the strengths both in herself and in others. And while I've never had dyslexia, I still found myself really relating to her in regards to her struggles to fit in, make friends, and her passion for art and her wandering imagination. Her classmates are also a joy to get to know, from loud and outspoken Keisha with a talent for baking, to the quiet and logically minded Albert (who is clearly on the autism spectrum and also discovers a new found strength in himself to stand up to the bullies who torture him). Only the vain and snobby popular girl, Shay, comes off as a one note bully, but thankfully, she gets a taste of poetic justice in the end.

And therein lies the book's biggest strength--to show both kids and adults the different kinds of struggles everyone faces, and how kindness and the proper support can bring out the best in anyone. This is never better exemplified than in Mr. Daniels--a quirky, kind, fun, and understanding man who's arguably the greatest teacher character I've ever come across. He understands that some people learn differently than others, and by book's end, his unconventional teaching methods have changed the minds of the teachers who once thought Ally just wasn't trying hard enough.

There's a saying that goes, "Everyone is a genius in their own way. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it'll go its whole life believing its stupid." This perfect quote (and title for the story) sums up a book that I believe every student and teacher should read, both in the lessons it teaches, and its ability to inspire anyone to keep trying, no matter how hard their own personal challenge may be.
Great novel. I couldn't put it down and read the entire book in an afternoon. I then gave it to my daughter who was recently diagnosed with Dyslexia. She has begun reading it and also can't put it down. I laughed, I cried...etc... but most importantly it gave me insight into my daughter's world for the last 11 years, and discussing the book as she has been reading it has opened up channels of communication about her experiences which she previously kept closed due to shame and embarrassment.
"Fish in a Tree" was another book that I read because my daughter is reading it for school. The book is a quick and excellent read. It's easy to identify at the beginning that Ally Nickerson has dyslexia, even without reading the description of the book. For those reviewers who called it "predictable," it's important to keep in mind that the book is targeted at grades 5-8. The daughter of a father in the military, Ally changes schools a lot, so she has never been diagnosed and displays classic avoidance techniques when it comes to assignments that require reading or writing. She is disruptive and gets sent to the office a lot. When her regular sixth-grade teacher goes out on maternity leave, her substitute is the one who recognizes the challenges Ally is facing. He doesn't let her get away with her avoidance and works with her to overcome the challenges of not being able to learn the way the other students do. He makes her realize that she is not dumb, which is what she wholeheartedly believes, and makes her realize that she wants to do well.

Throughout the book, we see Ally blossom in her ability and in her confidence -- going from thinking that it's impossible for her to read and write to seeing what is possible for her. We see her relationships with her classmates change, and we see the difference that a great teacher can make for a child. There are also plenty of examples of how children treat each other in school when they're away from their parents -- good, bad, and indifferent.

Everyone can take a lesson from this story, and it should be on every parent's reading list.