Moon Over Manifest: (Newbery Medal Winner) by Clare Vanderpool (English) Paperba

Description: Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool The winner of the 2011 Newbery Medal, "Moon Over Manifest" is a story of loss and redemption, powerful in its simplicity, featuring Abilene Tucker who, while searching for clues about her fathers boyhood, uncovers the long-held secrets of a town suffering in silence. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Winner of the 2011 Newbery Medal.A story of loss and redemption, powerful in its simplicity, featuring Abilene Tucker who, while searching for clues about her fathers boyhood, uncovers the long held secrets of a town suffering in silence.Winner of the 2011 Newbery Award.The movement of the train rocked me like a lullaby. I closed my eyes to the dusty countryside and imagined the sign Id seen only in Gideons stories- Manifest-A Town with a rich past and a bright future.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 boy her father once was.Having heard stories about Manifest, Abilene is disappointed to find that its just a dried-up, worn-out old town. But her disappointment quickly turns to excitement when she discovers a hidden cigar box full of mementos, including some old letters that mention a spy known as the Rattler. These mysterious letters send Abilene and her new friends, Lettie and Ruthanne, on an honest-to-goodness spy hunt, even though they are warned to "Leave Well Enough Alone."Abilene throws all caution aside when she heads down the mysterious Path to Perdition to pay a debt to the reclusive Miss Sadie, a diviner who only tells stories from the past. It seems that Manifests history is full of colorful and shadowy characters-and long-held secrets. The more Abilene hears, the more determined she is to learn just what role her father played in that history. And as Manifests secrets are laid bare one by one, Abilene begins to weave her own story into the fabric of the town.Powerful in its simplicity and rich in historical detail, Clare Vanderpools debut is a gripping story of loss and redemption. Author Biography Moon Over Manifest, Clare Vanderpools first novel, is set in the fictional small town of Manifest, Kansas, which is based on the real southeastern Kansas town of Frontenac, home of both of her maternal grandparents. Drawing on stories she heard as a child, along with research in town newspapers, yearbooks, and graveyards, Clare found a rich and colorful history for her story. Clare lives in Wichita, Kansas, with her husband and their four children. Review Starred review, BOOKLIST, October 15, 2010:After a life of riding the rails with her father, 12-year-old Abilene cant understand why he has sent her away to stay with Pastor Shady Howard in Manifest, Missouri, a town he left years earlier; but over the summer she pieces together his story. In 1936, Manifest is a town worn down by sadness, drought, and the Depression, but it is more welcoming to newcomers than it was in 1918, when it was a conglomeration ofcoal-mining immigrants who were kept apart by habit, company practice, and prejudice. Abilene quickly finds friends and uncovers a local mystery. Their summerlong "spy hunt" reveals deep-seated secrets and helps restore residents faith in the bright future once promised on the towns sign. Abilenes first-person narrative is intertwined with newspaper columns from 1917 to 1918 and stories told by a diviner, Miss Sadie, while letters home from a soldier fighting in WWI add yet another narrative layer. Vanderpool weaves humor and sorrow into a complex tale involving murders, orphans, bootlegging, and a mother in hiding. With believable dialogue, vocabulary and imagery appropriate to time and place, and welldeveloped characters, this rich and rewarding first novel is "like sucking on a butterscotch. Smooth and sweet."Starred review, KIRKUS REVIEWS, September 15, 2010:"Readers will cherish every word up to the heartbreaking yet hopeful and deeply gratifying ending."Starred review, PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, September 27, 2010:"Replete with historical details and surprises, Vanderpools debut delights, while giving insight into family and community."Review, THE BULLETIN OF THE CENTER FOR CHILDRENS BOOKS, November 2010:"Ingeniously plotted and gracefully told." Promotional The movement of the train rocked me like a lullaby. I closed my eyes to the dusty countryside and imagined the sign I d seen only in Gideon s stories- Manifest A Town with a rich past and a bright future... Review Quote Starred review, BOOKLIST, October 15, 2010: After a life of riding the rails with her father, 12-year-old Abilene cant understand why he has sent her away to stay with Pastor Shady Howard in Manifest, Missouri, a town he left years earlier; but over the summer she pieces together his story. In 1936, Manifest is a town worn down by sadness, drought, and the Depression, but it is more welcoming to newcomers than it was in 1918, when it was a conglomeration of coal-mining immigrants who were kept apart by habit, company practice, and prejudice. Abilene quickly finds friends and uncovers a local mystery. Their summerlong "spy hunt" reveals deep-seated secrets and helps restore residents faith in the bright future once promised on the towns sign. Abilenes first-person narrative is intertwined with newspaper columns from 1917 to 1918 and stories told by a diviner, Miss Sadie, while letters home from a soldier fighting in WWI add yet another narrative layer. Vanderpool weaves humor and sorrow into a complex tale involving murders, orphans, bootlegging, and a mother in hiding. With believable dialogue, vocabulary and imagery appropriate to time and place, and welldeveloped characters, this rich and rewarding first novel is "like sucking on a butterscotch. Smooth and sweet." Starred review, KIRKUS REVIEWS, September 15, 2010: "Readers will cherish every word up to the heartbreaking yet hopeful and deeply gratifying ending." Starred review, PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, September 27, 2010: "Replete with historical details and surprises, Vanderpools debut delights, while giving insight into family and community." Review, THE BULLETIN OF THE CENTER FOR CHILDRENS BOOKS, November 2010: "Ingeniously plotted and gracefully told." From the Hardcover edition. Promotional "Headline" "The movement of the train rocked me like a lullaby. I closed my eyes to the dusty countryside and imagined the sign I d seen only in Gideon s stories- Manifest A Town with a rich past and a bright future..." Excerpt from Book Santa Fe Railway Southeast Kansas MAY 27, 1936 The movement of the train rocked me like a lullaby. I closed my eyes to the dusty countryside and imagined the sign I knew only from stories. The one just outside of town with big blue letters: manifest: a town with a rich past and a bright future. I thought about my daddy, Gideon Tucker. He does his best talking in stories, but in recent weeks, those had become few and far between. So on the occasion when hed say to me, "Abilene, did I ever tell you bout the time . . . ?" Id get all quiet and listen real hard. Mostly hed tell stories about Manifest, the town where hed lived once upon a time. His words drew pictures of brightly painted storefronts and bustling townsfolk. Hearing Gideon tell about it was like sucking on butterscotch. Smooth and sweet. And when hed go back to not saying much, Id try recalling what it tasted like. Maybe that was how I found comfort just then, even with him being so far away. By remembering the flavor of his words. But mostly, I could taste the sadness in his voice when he told me I couldnt stay with him for the summer while he worked a railroad job back in Iowa. Something had changed in him. It started the day I got a cut on my knee. It got bad and I got real sick with infection. The doctors said I was lucky to come out of it. But it was like Gideon had gotten a wound in him too. Only he didnt come out of it. Andit was painful enough to make him send me away. I reached into my satchel for the flour sack that held my few special things. A blue dress, two shiny dimes Id earned collecting pop bottles, a letter from Gideon telling folks that I would be received by Pastor Howard at the Manifest depot, and my most special something, kept in a box lined with an old 1917 Manifest Herald newspaper: my daddys compass. In a gold case, it wore like a pocket watch, but inside was a compass showing every direction. Only problem was, a working compass always points north. This one, the arrow dangled and jiggled every which way. It wasnt even that old. It had the compass makers name and the date it was made on the inside. St. Dizier, October 8, 1918. Gideon had always planned to get it fixed, but when I was leaving, he said he didnt need it anyway, what with train tracks to guide him. Still, I liked imagining that the chain of that broken compass was long enough to stretch all the way back into his pocket, with him at one end and me at the other. Smoothing out the yellowed newspaper for the thousandth time, I scanned the page, hoping to find some bit of news about or insight into my daddy. But there was only the same old "Hogs and Cattle" report on one side and a "Hattie Maes News Auxiliary: Charter Edition" on the other, plus a couple of advertisements for Liberty Bonds and Billy Bumps Hair Tonic. I didnt know anything about Hattie Mae Harper, except what she wrote in her article, but I figured her newspaper column had protected Gideons compass for some time, and for that I felt a sense of gratitude. I carefully placed the newspaper back in the box and stored the box in the satchel, but held on to the compass. I guess I just needed to hold on to something. The conductor came into the car. "Manifest, next stop." The seven-forty-five evening train was going to be right on time. Conductors only gave a few minutes notice, so I had to hurry. I shoved the compass into a side pocket of the satchel, then made my way to the back of the last car. Being a paying customer this time, with a full-fledged ticket, I didnt have to jump off, and I knew that the preacher would be waiting for me. But as anyone worth his salt knows, its best to get a look at a place before it gets a look at you. Id worn my overalls just for the occasion. Besides, it wouldnt be dark for another hour, so Id have time to find my way around. At the last car, I waited, listening the way Id been taught--wait till the clack of the train wheels slows to the rhythm of your heartbeat. The trouble is my heart speeds up when Im looking at the ground rushing by. Finally, I saw a grassy spot and jumped. The ground came quick and hard, but I landed and rolled as the train lumbered on without a thank-you or goodbye. Details ISBN0375858296 Author Clare Vanderpool Short Title MOON OVER MANIFEST Language English ISBN-10 0375858296 ISBN-13 9780375858291 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY FIC Imprint Random House Inc Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Audience Age 8-12 UK Release Date 2011-12-27 Year 2011 Publication Date 2011-12-27 AU Release Date 2011-12-27 NZ Release Date 2011-12-27 US Release Date 2011-12-27 Subtitle (Newbery Medal Winner) Illustrator Matthew Holm Birth 1930 Affiliation Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, NSS College of Engineering, Palakkad, India Position UN Under-Secretary General and Rector Qualifications QC Pages 384 Publisher Random House USA Inc Audience Children / Juvenile We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:145247011;

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