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A review by roseleaf24
Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool
4.0
Medal Winner 2011
Third time was the charm for me with this book. I tried to read it twice after it won the Newbery last year, and just couldn't get into it. This time, it grabbed me pretty quickly, and never let me go.
Abilene's dad has sent her to live in Manifest, Kansas. She's ridden the rails with him her whole life, but after a cut on her knee got infected and almost killed her, he was afraid to let her continue live the rambling life of the Depression. She believes he'll come to get her at the end of the summer, but those she's staying with aren't so sure. Under the floorboards of her room in Preacher Shady's bar/church, she finds a box of letters and keepsakes that send her and her new friends, Ruthanne and Lettie, searching for a spy in Manifest in 1919. The story in 1919 unfolds through the letters and the storytelling of the mysterious Hungarian diviner next door, alongside the story of Abilene's summer in 1936. Things unfold beautifully, tying together the lives of her family and the town.
Third time was the charm for me with this book. I tried to read it twice after it won the Newbery last year, and just couldn't get into it. This time, it grabbed me pretty quickly, and never let me go.
Abilene's dad has sent her to live in Manifest, Kansas. She's ridden the rails with him her whole life, but after a cut on her knee got infected and almost killed her, he was afraid to let her continue live the rambling life of the Depression. She believes he'll come to get her at the end of the summer, but those she's staying with aren't so sure. Under the floorboards of her room in Preacher Shady's bar/church, she finds a box of letters and keepsakes that send her and her new friends, Ruthanne and Lettie, searching for a spy in Manifest in 1919. The story in 1919 unfolds through the letters and the storytelling of the mysterious Hungarian diviner next door, alongside the story of Abilene's summer in 1936. Things unfold beautifully, tying together the lives of her family and the town.