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Loading... Moon Over Manifest (original 2010; edition 2011)by Clare Vanderpool
Work detailsMoon over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool (2010)
Abilene Tucker is twelve. She is used to moving about the country with her dad Gideon who works various jobs, trying to make ends meet. In the summer of 1936 her dad sends her off to Manifest, Kansas.Abilene arrives in Manifiest determined to learn about her father's past and his connection to Manifest. This book covers events 2 time periods as Abilene uncovers the past - World War I, an influenza outbreak, immigration, orphan trains, bootlegging, the Great Depression etc so it is going to appeal to readers who enjoy historical fiction and a cast of interesting and very eccentric characters. Abilene herself is a wonderful heroine: resourceful and clever. Readers will enjoy the mysteries, characters and adventures in this story.  tess1144 | Jun 13, 2013 |  Did Kansas continue Prohibition after the 21st amendment was ratified in December 1933? Because the protagonist says alcohol is illegal, but it's 1936. Yes it did, thank you, Wendy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_laws_of_Kansas). Shake up Holes and Because of Winn-Dixie and add a dash of A Year Down Yonder. Sift in Newbery morsels. Voil��, Moon Over Manifest. (  ) ljhliesl | May 21, 2013 | One of the best children's books I've read. I could have stayed in this town with these people and their stories and with Abilene for another couple hundred pages, easily. Very deserving of the Newbery. (  ) Yona | May 2, 2013 | Vanderpool weaves many stories into this novel. It includes the flu epidemic, World War I, immigrants in the midwest, bootlegging, and a number of con artists playing some suckers. Abilene Tucker is the main narrator of the stories, even when she is retelling stories told to her by others. She is a twelve year old trying to locate her father in the midst of a town he has sent her to -- the theme of being an orphan, or cast out, or hidden comes up quite a bit, gives the reader a lot to think about. I liked the structure of alternating time periods, and the echoes each era brought to the other. I liked the parallels between certain characters, especially the gypsy and the nun. Sometimes I thought the writer whose first novel this is,overwrote a little, and repeated herself. The cons were really well done. By the middle of the book, I couldn't put it down, there were so many mysteries to solve. (  ) paakre | Apr 27, 2013 | Worthy of the Newbery, this is a great story. Yes Josh, this is , as you would say, a librarian's book and I am thrilled that it is. For I think librarian books are literature at its best. I look forward to reading more from this author. ( ) librarian1204 | Apr 26, 2013 | no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0385738838, Hardcover)The movement of the train rocked me like a lullaby. I closed my eyes to the dusty countryside and imagined the sign I’d seen only in Gideon’s stories: Manifest—a town with a rich past and a bright future.Abilene Tucker feels abandoned. Her father has put her on a train, sending her off to live with an old friend for the summer while he works a railroad job. Armed only with a few possessions and her list of universals, Abilene jumps off the train in Manifest, Kansas, aiming to learn about the boy her father once was. Having heard stories about Manifest, Abilene is disappointed to find that it’s just a dried-up, worn-out old town. But her disappointment quickly turns to excitement when she discovers a hidden cigar box full of mementos, including some old letters that mention a spy known as the Rattler. These mysterious letters send Abilene and her new friends, Lettie and Ruthanne, on an honest-to-goodness spy hunt, even though they are warned to “Leave Well Enough Alone.” Abilene throws all caution aside when she heads down the mysterious Path to Perdition to pay a debt to the reclusive Miss Sadie, a diviner who only tells stories from the past. It seems that Manifest’s history is full of colorful and shadowy characters—and long-held secrets. The more Abilene hears, the more determined she is to learn just what role her father played in that history. And as Manifest’s secrets are laid bare one by one, Abilene begins to weave her own story into the fabric of the town. Powerful in its simplicity and rich in historical detail, Clare Vanderpool’s debut is a gripping story of loss and redemption. (retrieved from Amazon Thu, 03 Jan 2013 11:35:22 -0500) Twelve-year-old Abilene Tucker is the daughter of a drifter who, in the summer of 1936, sends her to stay with an old friend in Manifest, Kansas, where he grew up, and where she hopes to find out some things about his past. Over the summer she pieces together his story. Having heard stories about Manifest, Abilene is disappointed to find that it's just a dried-up, worn-out old town. But her disappointment quickly turns to excitement when she discovers a hidden cigar box full of mementos, including some old letters that mention a spy known as the Rattler. These mysterious letters send Abilene and her new friends, Lettie and Ruthanne, on an honest-to-goodness spy hunt, even though they are warned to "Leave Well Enough Alone." Abilene throws all caution aside when she heads down the mysterious Path to Perdition to pay a debt to the reclusive Miss Sadie, a diviner who only tells stories from the past. It seems that Manifest's history is full of colorful and shadowy characters--and long-held secrets. The more Abilene hears, the more determined she is to learn just what role her father played in that history. And as Manifest's secrets are laid bare one by one, Abilene begins to weave her own story into the fabric of the town.… (more) (summary from another edition) |
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