Moon Over Manifest

Blurb

Moon Over Manifest is a 2010 children's novel written by American author Clare Vanderpool. The book was awarded the 2011 Newbery Medal for excellence in children's literature, the Spur Award for best Western juvenile fiction, and was named a Kansas Notable Book. The story follows a young and adventurous girl named Abilene who is sent to Manifest, Kansas by her father in the summer of 1936. The author's note at the end of the book states that the fictional town of Manifest, Kansas, is based on the real town of Frontenac, Kansas.