Newbery Medal (John Newbery Medal)
The Middle Moffat
The second Moffats novel by Eleanor Estes follows Janey as she learns how to claim a place of her own while feeling caught in the middle of her family. Through small everyday episodes, it lightly traces friendship, responsibility, and growing up.
Work Information
Janey, the girl in the middle, begins to make a story of her own.
Janey, the second Moffat child in Cranbury, learns to live with being the middle one while she slowly finds her own voice through school and neighborhood life. With warmth and humor, the book carefully captures the emotional shifts of childhood.
Book Information
- Publisher
- Yearling
- Published
- 1989-05-01
- Language
- 英語
- ISBN-13
- 9780440700289
- ISBN-10
- 0440700280
- Price
- 1899 JPY
- Category
- 洋書/Children's Books/Action & Adventure
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Reviews
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かわいらしい・・・♪
モファ家のまんなかの子・・・という意味のタイトルです。姉のシルヴィーが16歳、兄のジョーイが13歳、弟のルーファスは6歳、そして主人公のジェーンが10歳です。他には、ねこのキャサリン、近所に住む幼い子供 クララとブラッド、町一番の長寿のミスター バックル(99歳)、家の裏手に住む友人のナンシー、機械いじりが大好きな天才と思われているウオーリィ・・・いろんな人物が物語を盛り上げています。小話が11編はいっており、どのお話もほのぼの・・・する感じ。ほっこりしたお話が好きな方には、おすすめです。挿絵もかわいらしいです。
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Full of hilarious events, this story of a middle child will keep you laughing. Great read for children and middle child adults
The second book in the Moffat series, this book's focus is on Jane, the next to the youngest sibling in the family. This is a funny book, told from Jane's point of view. Being the third of four children, Jane feels left out without a title. Mother calls Sylvie, "my oldest child," Joey, "my oldest son," and Rufus, "my youngest son." However, Jane is just plain Jane. When Jane names herself "the middle Moffat," she not only boosts her moral, she launches into a series of adventure and new friendships that will keep you laughing out loud, in spite of yourself. From a disastrous organ recital, making sure the oldest man of Cranbury lives to one hundred, to "losing her head" in a play, Jane enthusiastically zips from one hilarious event to another. If you've ever been a middle child, you will identify and love Jane, the mysterious middle Moffat.
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A book that lifts your spirits and makes you laugh
If you enjoy reading books that are lighthearted and funny this is the book for you. Jane is a thoughtful and brave girl who takes challenges and responsibilities seriously. Although things don’t always turn out just as she planed, she always comes out on top and the reader has many laughs along the way.
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A classic series that deserves a continuing audience!
We just discovered the Moffats (I don't know why I never knew of them when I was a kid). They are WONDERFUL books. The family is very real and very funny. Their adventures are delightful. My 9 year old son likes the books even more than I do; he raced ahead of me in reading the chapters and now I have to catch up.
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Wonderful reading!!!
My earliest recollections of reading are when I got my first library card in grade school many, many, did I say many?, years ago. The books that stand out as my first are The Moffat series by Eleanor Estes. To this day I can remember reading about the Moffat family, especially young Rufus. Perhaps I identified with him. I love the drawings in the book and the stories. They are full of family fun and values. I just bought these for my new step-children (getting married Mar 30/10) for them to get the enjoyment that I remember. An excellent value and free shipping if you purchase all 4. I actually received one free because I purchased 4. Worked for me. Enjoy!!! Perhaps they are what inspired me to become an author myself.
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Good
The book was good. It was written in a time where a bag that is 20$, is 1$.Good good good