How long does it take to read The One in the Middle Is the Green Kangaroo?
The One in the Middle Is the Green Kangaroo by Judy Blume takes about 43 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 43 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1969. 39 pages, about 10,725 words. Written for children.
2 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 1 hour 12 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 43 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 27 minutes |
The page count is the median across 30 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
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
