{"product_id":"2940169283914","title":"The Middler","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBeyond the mysterious boundary of eleven-year-old Maggie's town, the Quiet War rages and the dirty, dangerous wanderers roamamp;mdash;a gripping debut for fans of \u003ci\u003eThe Giver\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePax\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eOrphan Island.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"The Middler \u003c\/i\u003eheld one marvelous surprise after another every time I turned a page, leading to a most unexpected ending! Readers are going to love this book!\" (Jennifer A. Nielsen, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times-\u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe False Prince \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eA Night Divided \u003c\/i\u003e)  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaggie lives in orderly Fennis Wick, protected from the outside world by a \u003ci\u003eboundary\u003c\/i\u003e. Her brother Jed is an eldest, revered and special, a hero who will soon go off to fight in the war. But Maggie's just a middle child, a middler, often invisible and ignored, even by her own family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen she chances upon a wanderer girl in hiding, she decides she wants to be a hero like her brother and sets out to capture the intruder. But once Maggie peeks past the hedges of the boundary for the first time, suddenly everything she's ever known about her isolated town gets turned on its head. . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn her debut novel for young readers, Kirsty Applebaum crafts a gripping story of resistance, forbidden friendship, loyalty, and betrayal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Macmillan Audio production from Henry Holt and Company\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"I thought I'd almost reached my fill of dystopian novels, but Kirsty Applebaum has rebooted the genre. The plot pulls you along . . . [and] there is a touch of Harper Lee's Scout [in Maggie].\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47116504858864,"sku":"2940169283914","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169283914_p0.jpg?v=1763678668","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169283914","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}