The One in the Middle Is the Green Kangaroo

by Judy Blume, Debbie Ohi (Illustrator)

Overview

Quintessentially funny Judy Blume!

Second grader Freddy Dissel has that left-out kind of feeling. Life seems lonely when you're the middle kid in the family. Freddy feels like "the peanut butter part of a sandwich," squeezed between an older brother and little sister. But now for the first time it's Freddy's chance to show everyone, including himself, just how special he is!


From the Trade Paperback edition.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780553513318
Publisher:	Random House Children's Books
Publication date:	08/27/2014
Sold by:	Random House
Format:	eBook
Pages:	48
File size:	9 MB
Age Range:	5 - 8 Years

About the Author

Judy Blume spent her childhood in Elizabeth, New Jersey, making up stories inside her head. She has spent her adult years in many places, doing the same thing, only now she writes her stories down on paper. Her twenty-eight books have won many awards, including the National Book Foundation's Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters.

Judy lives in Key West and New York City. You can visit her at JudyBlume.com and follow @JudyBlume on Twitter.

Hometown:

New York's Upper East Side, Key West, and Martha's Vineyard

Date of Birth:

February 12, 1938

Place of Birth:

Elizabeth, New Jersey

Education:

B.S. in education, New York University, 1961

Website:

http://www.judyblume.com/

Read an Excerpt

Chapter 1 1


Freddy Dissel had two problems. One was his older brother Mike. The other was his younger sister Ellen. Freddy thought a lot about being the one in the middle. But there was nothing he could do about it. He felt like the peanut butter part of a sandwich, squeezed between Mike and Ellen.

Every year Mike got new clothes. He grew too big for his old ones. But Mike’s old clothes weren’t too small for Freddy. They fit him just fine.





Freddy used to have a room of his own. That was before Ellen was born. Now Ellen had a room of her own. Freddy moved in with Mike. Mom and Dad said, “It’s the boys’ room.” But they couldn’t fool Freddy. He knew better!

Once, Freddy tried to join Mike and his friends. But Mike said, “Get out of the way, kid!” So Freddy tried to play with Ellen. Ellen didn’t understand how to play his way. She messed up all of Freddy’s things. Freddy got mad and pinched her. Ellen screamed.



“Freddy Dissel!” Mom yelled. “You shouldn’t be mean to Ellen. She’s smaller than you. She’s just a baby!”

Ellen didn’t look like a baby to Freddy. She didn’t sound like a baby either. She even goes to nursery school, Freddy thought. Some baby!

Freddy figured things would never get better for him. He would always be a great big middle nothing!