Julep O'Toole
Subtitle: confessions of a middle child
By: Trudi Trueit
Publisher: Scholastic
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 165
ISBN-13: 9780545040709; 9780545044622
Copyright date: 2005
Description: Eleven-year-old Julep feels invisible. At home, sandwiched between perfect older sister, Harmony, and obnoxious younger brother, Cooper, she is only noticed when her parents want something from her--such as when they want her to trade her nice, uncarpeted bedroom for asthmatic Cooper's disgusting one (aka the Chicken Coop), with its dirty carpet and "snot green" walls. At school, Julep gets attention, but not the kind she wants: her journal is read over the loudspeaker and she barfs in gym. Her priorities and her sense of self-worth, however, take a dramatic turn when her parents are away and she must take charge when her brother has a severe asthma attack.