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When Daisy, a middle child, is invited to spend the night at her friend's house, her family finally pays attention to her.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Winthrop, Elizabeth
Other Authors:	Cummings, Pat (Illustrator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Henry Holt, c2005.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Middle-born children > Juvenile fiction. Identity > Juvenile fiction. Assertiveness (Psychology) > Juvenile fiction. Sleepovers > Juvenile fiction.
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Summary:	When Daisy, a middle child, is invited to spend the night at her friend's house, her family finally pays attention to her.
Physical Description:	[32] p. : col. ill. ; 21 x 26 cm.
ISBN:	0805064974 (hc : alk. paper)
Author Notes:	Author Elizabeth Winthrop grew up in Washington, D. C., and has written over 50 works of fiction for all ages. She has won numerous awards including the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award, the Pen Syndicated Fiction Award, the California Young Readers Medal and the Jane Addams Peace Prize Honor Book. Many of her children's books are based on her childhood memories and the experiences of her children and other children she has talked to. Her book Belinda's Hurricane is based on the time she lived through a hurricane with her grandmother on an island off the coast of Connecticut. I Think He Likes Me is based on her daughter's reaction to her younger brother when he was brought home from the hospital. Her most popular books are The Castle in the Attic and The Battle for the Castle. (Bowker Author Biography)