The Middle Moffat

by Eleanor Estes

Book Overview

A 1943 Newbery Honor Book

Who is Jane Moffat, anyway? She isn't the youngest in the family, and she isn't the oldest-she is always just Jane. How boring. So Jane decides to become a figure of mystery . . . the mysterious "Middle Moffat." But being in the middle is a lot harder than it looks.

In between not rescuing stray dogs, and losing and finding best friends, Jane must secretly look after the oldest inhabitant of Cranbury...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0152025294
• ISBN13: 9780152025298
• Release Date: April 2001
• Publisher: Clarion Books
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.0" x 7.4"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

What an author!

It's true, they don't write books like they used to. This is a funny, extremely well continuing story of the Moffat family. We would highly recommend the whole series!

best reading

i read the Moffat series books when i was young.. many years ago.. i still remember the wonderful stories 40 years later.. to not read these wonderful stories would deprive any child of wondrous times of hardship and amazement by a sweet, kind, brave girl.. if you have a child.. or children.. if you love to read and haven't found these books yet.. find them.. read them.. for yourself.. to your child.. or let them read them to you.. oh one more thing.. i'm a man.. and still i found these books spectacular.. these are not stories of just a little girl.. they are stories of those times.. of war and people.. my favorite, the money under the ice and the coal.. i now have 2 daughters who have read them as well.. and they loved them..

Janey the middle moffat

The mysterious middle moffat is not mysterious. That's the fun it and the humor. The middle moffat is even better than the first book! The sequil! how rare is that? The middle moffat is an excellent book for everyone of all ages. Janie is just too much fun, she is the most excellent of all the moffats.

Middle Moffat Not So Mysterious

Okay, you know your average family, right? Well The Moffat's are anything but ordinary! I mean sure they have two sisters, two brothers, and a widowed mom. But do normal families have 10 year olds who are friends with 99 year olds? I think not, besides the fact of being a little weird, The Middle Moffat is a perfectly written book. The Middle Moffat is an excellent book by Eleanor Estes. Wonderful, adorable art for kids, that you will enjoy, drawn by Louis Slobodkin, The Middle Moffat is 234 pages packed of laughs and touching moments. The Middle Moffat won Horn Book Award and Newbery Honor Award. Some other books written by Eleanor Estes are: Alley, Ginger pye, Pinky pye, Hundred Dresses, The Moffats, Moffat Museum, Rufus M., Tunnel of Hugsey Goode, and The Witch Family. Most of these books have received awards such as ALA, Library Journal, NY book review, Newbery Honor, Publisher Weekly, and Horn book award. I loved reading about the adventures of Janey Moffat, in The Middle Moffat. I highly recommend you read it. Janey has kooky adventures in boring Cranbury CT. Janey will be remembered forever. In Janey's first adventure she puts on an Organ Recital. Most of the people in Cranbury come; of course there is a twist. Then you can't forget when Janey spends a day with Mr. Buckle, or when she meets Nancy, her best friend. Along the way Wallie Bangs, a mechanical wizard moves in next door. But what did he do with her skates? Or the best adventure and heart warming of all, Christmas Eve, all Rufus wants is a pony! Rufus might not get what he wants, what'll Janey do this time to help her brother. Once Janey fixed Christmas she joins a play, the three little bears. But no, her head is gone! Nancy and Jane then set off for the eclipse in Cranbury. Guess who they meet he's furry too! "I'm no good..." sighed Janey. HA! Yeah right, Janey takes up Basketball and see what she does for the team. It can't be Janey and Nancy not friends! Nancy feels bad about hurting Janey and gives her a ring, ahhh friends again. And Janey can't soon be forgotten on Mr. Buckle's birthday, what a sweet gift she bought him. Reading The Middle Moffat was like a chocolate cake baked to perfection, every layer of frosting perfectly smoothed on creamy and whipped. YUM! Go ahead and read up. Eleanor Estes adds humor to every page! I love reading this book, the characters are so fun! For instance in parts she used words a four year old would like ignoramus. Estes uses incredible wording only a kid would understand and an adult would laugh at. Like in a part Janey [Estes] thinks you save daylight in a box. Or when she waited up all night for Santa to come. Of course I can't stop laughing when she convinces the all the neighbor hood kids to run into Wallie Bang's basement and steal their stuff back. I love the plot of this book too! I like how Janey is always trying to be mysterious. Or when Janey won the basketball game and her wish came true. Or when Nancy gave Jane her friendship

Very funny

I read this book to my three boys ages 9,6 and 3 and they could not stop laughing. Jane's imagination and simple ways of viewing life around her really capture what it is like to be a kid. We had to stop several times so that they could act out certain parts. I think Jane is a friend that we all would like to have. She's beyond nice and there is never a dull moment when she is around (whether it's in her mind or really happening). Now that we have read the book we really miss Jane.