Newberry Award Winner
This book begins with Abilene Tucker on a train. Exactly the place where she feels the most at home. Except one very important thing is missing. Her father Gideon Tucker has stayed behind. He told his daughter that the railroad tracks were not the place for a young lady, and sent her to live with someone he trusted. She was on the train headed for Manifest, Kansas, where her father grew up. Shady picks her up from the train station and welcomes her into his home. Abilene has heard stories about Manifest and her father's childhood. But it soon becomes clear that no one can tell her much about her father's boyhood. She heads on down the path to Perdition and meets an old "fortune teller" who helps her uncover stories from Manifest's rich past.
This story is a beautiful tale of a child figuring out who she is, and where she comes from. It would be a great example for a class about stories that are written in different times. Moon Over Manifest continually shifts from the past to the present to tell the story of Abilene and the town of Manifest. It takes place during both World War I and the Great Depression. These are two very important times in America's history, and you get to view them through the eyes of a small town in Kansas. It shows a lot about how people lived then, and how the war and the Great Depression effected a small country town. It's a great story and very well deserving of it's Newberry Award!
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