Study Guide: Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt

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A New York Times best seller, this middle-grade novel focuses on persevering through struggles. It follows the story of a middle-school girl named Ally, who is artistically and mathematically talented but cannot read due to her dyslexia. The novel develops the possibility of hereditary creativity - and learning difficulties - with Ally’s older brother Travis, whose own learning difficulties prevent him from helping his sister, but his creative thinking helps him restore antique machines.

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