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 . . . so
he can live to be one hundred. Between brushing her hair from her eyes
and holding up her stockings, she has to help the girls' basketball team
win the championship. And it falls to Jane-the only person in town with
enough courage-to stand up to the frightful mechanical wizard, Wallie
Bangs.
Jane is so busy keeping Cranbury in order that she barely has time to be
plain old Jane. Sometimes the middle is the most exciting place of all.
. . .