SOLVED. Boy stays up all night [s]

[Sue]

A paperback I read in the early 80's. Family with three kids, youngest boy named Mitchell who has a dream of staying up all night long. For his birthday, his father takes him on a walking tour through the City all night long. The daughter (who I think is the narrator) has a friend named Simone or Siobhan. I think the family was working class and Dad is unemployed so times are tough.

Ring a bell?

[Cathy]

The book is the Noonday Friends, by Mary Stoltz. The story is mostly about Franny, the daughter, and her friend Simone -- both families are broke and living in New York in a brownstone, and in one chapter the little brother gets to stay up all night as his birthday present. The father is an artist (which is why they're broke!).

[Rainbowheart]

The Noonday Friends for the link.