The One in the Middle Is the Green Kangaroo is a children's book published in 1969, written by Judy Blume with illustrations by Amy Aitken. It was Blume's first published work.
It is about second-grader Freddy Dissel, a middle child who feels emotionally squashed between his older brother, Mike, and his younger sister, Ellen. He does not seem to get much attention, until he lands a role in a school play as a green kangaroo.
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- siblings
- kangaroos
- children's books
- Fiction
- Brothers and sisters
- Juvenile fiction
- Family life
- Humorous stories
- Theater
- Schools
- Family
- Brother and sisters
- Families
- Children's fiction
- Brothers and sisters, fiction
- Family life, fiction
- Schools, fiction
- Theater, fiction
- Middle-born children
- Kangaroos, fiction
- Animals, fiction
- Picture books
- Siblings, fiction
- History
- Tajiks
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