Mostly Michael Author:Robert Kimmel Smith When Michael Marder receives a dairy for his eleventh birthday, he is angry and disappointed. 'What a dumb present!' When he starts writing in it, he tells himself that the reason he is doing it is that his baby sister might otherwise destroy it. Gradually, and much to his surprise, Michael comes to like his diary. It is the one place he can put... more » down his private feelings. He hates school and records all that happens to him there. As he writes day after day, his feelings begin to change. He even starts to like himself but most important, Michael discovers a love for his family he never knew he felt even when big changes occur at home.« less