Taken from the Goodreads synopsis. "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.
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."
Long book for a short story. I just could not bring myself to give it more than one star. The story line is very predictable, and I found myself not liking anyone. Family secret stories are a dime a dozen and makes me wonder, do families just not talk to each other or allowed to ask questions? I guess the only way to make sense of things and learn is send off the kid to figure it out and deal with it. So much for open and honest. Yep, I did not like the story line, book was not for me.
1 star
Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool
Taken from the Goodreads synopsis. "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.
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."
Long book for a short story. I just could not bring myself to give it more than one star. The story line is very predictable, and I found myself not liking anyone. Family secret stories are a dime a dozen and makes me wonder, do families just not talk to each other or allowed to ask questions? I guess the only way to make sense of things and learn is send off the kid to figure it out and deal with it. So much for open and honest. Yep, I did not like the story line, book was not for me.