Moon Over Manifest

By Clare Vanderpool

ISBN:  9780385907507, c.2010

Abilene Tucker is riding the rails, quite literally, into the town of Manifest, Kansas.  Young Abilene Tucker is sent to her father’s home town of Manifest, Kansas, when he feels he can no longer take care of her properly. At first the town doesn’t seem like much, but as the story unfolds she realizes there is much more here than meets the eye. Abilene and her new friends Lettie and Ruthanne go on a treasure hunt of sorts, learning more about the town’s history and its inhabitants past and  learns the secrets of her past and of the city of Manifest.