Moon Over Manifest - 1st Edition/1st Printing

Vanderpool, Clare

ISBN 10: 0385738838 / ISBN 13: 9780385738835

Published by Delacorte Press, New York, 2010

About this Item

A handsome first edition/first printing in unread, about Fine condition in alike dust-jacket. Rather scarce; Clare Vanderpool Newbery Medal winning tale of Abilene Tucker, who jumps of the train in Manifest, Kansas, trying to find out about the boy her father once was; 8vo; x, 351, [7] pages.

Seller Inventory # 19745

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Moon Over Manifest - 1st Edition/1st Printing
• Publisher: Delacorte Press, New York
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0385738838
• ISBN 13: 9780385738835
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition; First Printing.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Awarded Books::Newbery Medal
  • Exhibitions::South Carolina Bookfestival 2012
  • By Year Of Issue::2010s
  • Fiction::Young Adult
  • First Editions
  • Children's
  • Exhibitions::Florida Antiquarian Book Fair 2014
  • Gift Ideas::Mother's Day
  • Collection Starter::Hundred Dollars or Less
  • Gift Ideas::Christmas
  • Exhibitions::South Carolina Bookfestival 2011

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Synopsis

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.
 
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 it’s 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 Manifest’s 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 Manifest’s 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 Vanderpool’s debut is a gripping story of loss and redemption.

About the Author

Moon Over Manifest, Clare Vanderpool’s 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.