The One in the Middle Is the Green Kangaroo
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Can Freddy leap past his middle-child malaise? This classic story from Judy Blume has a fresh new look! Freddy Dissel has two problems. One is his older brother, Mike. The other is his younger sister, Ellen. That leaves Freddy in the middle, feeling like the peanut butter part of a sandwich, squeezed between two pieces of bread like a great big middle nothing. So when Freddy hears about the school play, he knows it’s his chance to shine—even if the play is being put on by the big kids, and even if Mike says that everybody can jump. But nobody can jump quite as well as Freddy, which makes him the perfect Green Kangaroo—and the star of the show!
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JUDY BLUME spent her childhood in Elizabeth, New Jersey, making up stories inside her head. She spent her adult years in many places, doing the same thing, only now she writes her stories down on paper. Her numerous books have won many awards, including the National Book Foundation’s Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters.
Debbie Ridpath Ohi is the author of Where Are My Books?. Her illustrations also appear in Sea Monkey and Bob, written by Aaron Reynolds; I’m Bored (a New York Times Notable Book) and Naked!, written by Michael Ian Black; as well as ten Judy Blume chapter books and middle grade titles. For more info, visit DebbieOhi.com or @InkyElbows on Twitter.
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Book Details
- ISBN
- 9781481411318
- Publication Date
- January 1, 1969
- Publisher
- Atheneum Books for Young Readers
- Original Publication Date
- January 1, 1969
- Page Count
- 48
- Words Per Page
- 31
- Audience
- Juvenile Reader
- Reading Age
- 5 - 8 years
- Lexile® Level
- 500L
- Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
- ~N
- ATOS® Book Level
- 2.5
- Accelerated Reader® Points
- 0.5
- Accelerated Reader Quiz
- 679
- Accelerated Reader Interest Level
- LG
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