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Moon Over Manifest:
by Clare Vanderpool, Clare Vanderpool
A beautiful, nearly perfect, work. One that made me think and feel blessed for what I have.
I sobbed quite a bit.
While reading this book I really mourned two things.
One was the loss of a true childhood - the one where kids would adventure out, learn things on their own, explore their world. Most kids rarely leave their house or the comfort of indoors. They don't, because of many factors, visit the postman, the baker, the newspaper office. There is very little sense of community in today's world. Children today certainly do not spend each day of their summer vacation working off debt or picnicking with friends in a tree house. How sad that our future generations cannot write stories of our children with such depth as Clare Vanderpool was able to in [b:Moon over Manifest|8293938|Moon Over Manifest|Clare Vanderpool|http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1320541883s/8293938.jpg|13142485]. Granted, I wasn't sure that every nuance that Abilene was able to pick up was entirely believable, but enough was that I was totally hooked.
Secondly, I had forgotten, or perhaps in my ignorance and naiveté did not fully comprehend, the trial and pain of being an immigrant during this period of history. In some part of my rational head I would like to think that I understood the difficulties and would not be flippant. Clare Vanderpool painted a beautiful and painful picture of this very thing, and it humbled me greatly.
This one is going on my to-buy list and someday I hope to read it to my boys and that is the highest praise I can doll out.
I sobbed quite a bit.
While reading this book I really mourned two things.
One was the loss of a true childhood - the one where kids would adventure out, learn things on their own, explore their world. Most kids rarely leave their house or the comfort of indoors. They don't, because of many factors, visit the postman, the baker, the newspaper office. There is very little sense of community in today's world. Children today certainly do not spend each day of their summer vacation working off debt or picnicking with friends in a tree house. How sad that our future generations cannot write stories of our children with such depth as Clare Vanderpool was able to in [b:Moon over Manifest|8293938|Moon Over Manifest|Clare Vanderpool|http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1320541883s/8293938.jpg|13142485]. Granted, I wasn't sure that every nuance that Abilene was able to pick up was entirely believable, but enough was that I was totally hooked.
Secondly, I had forgotten, or perhaps in my ignorance and naiveté did not fully comprehend, the trial and pain of being an immigrant during this period of history. In some part of my rational head I would like to think that I understood the difficulties and would not be flippant. Clare Vanderpool painted a beautiful and painful picture of this very thing, and it humbled me greatly.
This one is going on my to-buy list and someday I hope to read it to my boys and that is the highest praise I can doll out.