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Moon Over Manifest
by Clare Vanderpool
This historical fiction had a lot of threads woven together, reminding me in some ways of Holes by Louis Sachar. Some outcomes were pretty obvious, but others were surprises. The book did a good time of painting the town of Manifest--I had a strong sense of time and place.
Abilene is sent to live in her father's hometown during the depression. Her father, Gideon, moves from place to place, and he believes that's no life for his daughter after she turns twelve. Mom ran off when Abilene was a toddler. She actually has no family Manifest, but she stays with Shady, the guardian whom Gideon lived with as a boy. Abilene hopes Gideon will come for her.
The rest of the book is a series of mysteries Abilene is trying to solve about the town and her father. It's a place that seems bogged down by and unwilling to share its secrets. Abilene learns about the fabric of the town through stories, letters, newspaper clippings, and her own investigating with two friends. But what Abilene can't seem to find is the story of her father and why he abandoned her.
Abilene is sent to live in her father's hometown during the depression. Her father, Gideon, moves from place to place, and he believes that's no life for his daughter after she turns twelve. Mom ran off when Abilene was a toddler. She actually has no family Manifest, but she stays with Shady, the guardian whom Gideon lived with as a boy. Abilene hopes Gideon will come for her.
The rest of the book is a series of mysteries Abilene is trying to solve about the town and her father. It's a place that seems bogged down by and unwilling to share its secrets. Abilene learns about the fabric of the town through stories, letters, newspaper clippings, and her own investigating with two friends. But what Abilene can't seem to find is the story of her father and why he abandoned her.