Moon Over Manifest: (Newbery Medal Winner)

Moon Over Manifest: (Newbery Medal Winner)

• Author: Vanderpool, Clare.
• Publisher: Yearling
• Pages: 384
• Publication Date: 2011-12-27
• Edition: Reissue
• Binding: Paperback
• MSRP: 7.99
• ISBN13: 9780375858291
• ISBN: 0375858296
• Language: en
• Store Location: Chapter
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<b>Winner of the 2011 Newbery Award.<br></b><br>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: <u>Manifest€"A Town with a rich past and a bright future.</u><br> <br>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.<br>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 €œLeave Well Enough Alone.€<br>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.<br> <br>Powerful in its simplicity and rich in historical detail, Clare Vanderpool€s debut is a gripping story of loss and redemption.