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Pivotal Kids
Book
 Moon
Over Manifest
by Clare
Vanderpool
Winner
of the 2011 Newbery Medal
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.
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