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Moon Over Manifest (2010) (edit title/settings)

by Clare Vanderpool (Author) (edit contributors)

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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... read more

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Abilene Tucker was sent to Manifest by her father, Gideon Tucker. But for the first time he isn't coming with her. She is staying with Shady, the Pastor, and when searching for a place to hide her special things, she finds a cigar box holding mementos and letters. When she reads about The... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

Abilene Tucker was sent to Manifest by her father, Gideon Tucker. But for the first time he isn't coming with her. She is staying with Shady, the Pastor, and when searching for a place to hide her special things, she finds a cigar box holding mementos and letters. When she reads about The Rattler, a so called old spy, she and her friends Lettie and Ruthanne start a spy hunt. The get a note on there tree though, and it reads: Leave Well Enough Alone. But when Abilene nocks down a vase of Miss Sadie's, the diviner, while trying to retrieve her compass, she has to work for her for the summer. But while working she is told the story of Jinx, a con artist who has a past that he is trying to escape from, Ned Gillen, a track star in Manifest, and the people of Manifest. She figures out the past of Manifest with Lettie and Ruthanne and figure out who the rattler is. She also learns who Jinx really is. In the end, she gets her father to come and takes over Hattie Mae's News Auxiliary when Hattie Mae Macke retires.

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  • Abilene Tucker: New girl in town and the narrator of the book. Daughter of Gideon Tucker, friends with Lettie and Ruthanne. Lives with Shady.
  • Lettie Taylor: Abilene's new friend in Manifest. Ruthanne's cousin.
  • Ruthanne McIntyre: Abilene's new friend in Manifest. Lettie's cousin.
  • Gideon Tucker: Abilene's father. Puts her on a train to Manifest after she hurts her leg.
  • Ned Gillen: A track star at Manifest High School and Jinx's best friend.
  • Finn Bennett: Jinx's uncle.
  • Shady Howard: Saloon owner, bootlegger, temporary pastor. It's unclear whether "Shady" is his real name or not.
  • Sister Redempta: A nun, teacher, and midwife. Seems to know Miss Sadie rather well.
  • Hattie Mae Macke: Manifest Herald journalist for the past 18 years.
  • Eudora Larkin: President of the Daughters of the American Revolution (Manifest chapter).
  • Lester Burton: Pit boss.
  • Velma T. Harkrader: Chemistry teacher and maker of "home remedies", most of which don't work in the slightest.
  • Arthur Devlin: Mine owner. Incredibly greedy.
  • Mr. Underhill: Undertaker.
  • Sadie Redizon: A reclusive Hungarian woman who works as a "diviner" as well as an herbalist and storyteller.
  • Jinx: A new arrival in Manifest (1918).
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  • “( I'm from) all over. My daddy says its not down on any map. True places never are.”
    Abeline Tucker
  • “Gideon says a rose is a rose. But when it comes down to it, there's some more rosy and some more thorny. I didn't know yet if she was rose or thorn...”
    Abilene Tucker
  • “But then, hard times are a penny for plenty. They call it a Depression, but I'd say it's a downright rut and the whole country's in it. (p.13)”
    Abilene Tucker
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  • Memories were like sunshine. They warmed you up and left a pleasant glow, but you couldn’t hold them.
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  • I thought I knew a thing or two about people. Even had my list of universals. But I wondered. Maybe the world wasn’t made of universals that could be summed up in neat little packages. Maybe there were just people. People who were tired and hurt and lonely and kind in their own way and their own time.
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  • The Lord himself knew the power of a good story. How it can reach out and wrap around a person like a warm blanket.”
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  • “When there is suffering, we look for a reason. That reason is easiest found within oneself.”
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  • If there is such a thing as a universal—and I wasn’t ready to throw all of mine out the window—it’s that there is power in a story. And if someone pays you such a kindness as to make up a tale so you’ll enjoy a gingersnap, you go along with that story and enjoy every last bite.
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  • Start with the word manifest. It’s a verb as well as a noun. Look it up.”
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  • “Who would dream that one can love without being crushed under the weight of it?” Hot tears burned in my eyes. Being loved could be crushing too.
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  • “Elam bouzshda gramen ze.” I poked my head up from the dust. “Say again?” “It is Gypsy. It means the person you encounter is often more than the person you see.”
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  • I’m reminded of a line in a book I read in high school. “It is not down in any map; true places never are.”
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  • Hope is something most of us have been none too familiar with lately. Some men try to fight it off like a bad cold. Others let it wrap around them like a blanket. Me? It creeps quietly into my dreams and it looks like Pop, and you, and home.
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First Sentence edit see section history

The movement of the train rocked me like a lullaby.

Glossary edit see section history

  • manifest: Noun: A list of passengers on a ship. Verb: To reveal, to make known

Series & Lists edit see section history

This book is in Kirkus Reviews: 2010 Best Children's Books. (authoritative list)
This book is in 2013 Iowa High School Battle of the Books. (authoritative list)
This book is in Newbery Medal. (authoritative list)

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Clare Vanderpool (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Country: USA
Publication Date: October 12, 2010
ISBN: 978-0385738835
Page Count: 368

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Notes for Parents edit see section history

Reading Level: Ages 9-12

We understand and make meaning of text through a cultural lens of background knowledge. This book can be enjoyed on a basic plot line level--abandoned young girl, mysteries, and quirky characters. However, readers can create greater meaning and a deeper level of understanding if they have some background knowledge of America during the Great Depression of the 1930s, Prohibition, and World War I.

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