{"product_id":"9781788003452-the-middler","title":"The Middler","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Middler is a gripping story of forbidden friendship, loyalty and betrayal set in a near-future world.\u003cbr\u003e\"I was special. I was a hero. I lost the best friend I ever had.\"\u003cp\u003eEleven-year-old Maggie lives in Fennis Wick, enclosed and protected from the outside world by a boundary, beyond which the Quiet War rages and the dirty, dangerous wanderers roam. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer brother Jed is an eldest, revered and special. A hero. Her younger brother is Trig - everyone loves Trig. But Maggie's just a middler; invisible and left behind. Then, one hot September day, she meets Una, a hungry wanderer girl in need of help, and everything Maggie has ever known gets turned on its head.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNarrated expertly and often hilariously by Maggie, we experience the trials and frustrations of being the forgotten middle child, the child with no voice, even in her own family.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis gripping story of forbidden friendship, loyalty and betrayal is perfect for fans of Malorie Blackman, Meg Rosoff, Frances Hardinge and Margaret Atwood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\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 I liked Maggie more and more as she grew in courage. There is a touch of Harper Lee's Scout about her.\" - Alex O'Connell, \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlso by Kirsty Applebaum:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eTrooFriend\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56451597304182,"sku":"9781788003452","price":6.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_36361249.jpg?v=1760463135","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781788003452-the-middler","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}