Title: The One in the Middle Is the Green Kangaroo
First published: 1969
Description: 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.
Subjects: 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
People: Freddy Dissel, Ellen Dissel