She befriends the oldest man in Cranbury and appoints herself his secret protector to be sure he lives to be one hundred years old.

Wanting to uphold the honor of the Moffats, she decides she needs to win the basketball championship all by herself, while coping with stockings that continually fall down and hair she can't keep off of her mouth.

The book follows several of her adventures over the next year, each chapter presenting a different episode as Jane grows, learning about friendship and responsibility.

Children's Literature reviewer Betty Hicks praised Janey's personality and went on to say that "readers will relate to problems that are timeless… The charm of these stories lies in their subtle humor and abundance of heart.

[5] The Middle Moffat is available on CD from Princeton, N.J.: Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic; Braille and eBook through Harcourt Brace and Co.[6]