The gold-medal winner, Moon over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool, is a debut novel about twelve-year-old Abilene Tucker. She's a rough-and-tumble Depression child, used to hopping trains, growing up without a mother. When her dad gets a job in a place he deems too rough for young ladies, he sends her to spend the summer with an old friend. She jumps off the train in Manifest, Kansas, her father's hometown, hoping to learn more about him by investigating his earlier life. The book features a full cast of colorful characters and a dual storyline that alternates between Manifest in the years 1939 and 1918 -- America's entry into WWI. An ambitious overview of US history in the early 1900s, and a lot of story, all in one package.
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21 comments:
Historical fiction featuring children is a favourite of mine, so count me in! I'm already a follower.
Okay, you can throw my name in the pot. I love historical fiction, whether written for children or adults.
Sounds delightful...please enter me.
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Count me in and I'm a new follower.
You know I love historical fiction and I too was delighted to see HF represented so heavily in the award winners. But I'd not heard about this book at all until it was announced. Please enter me in this contest.
Thx... I am a follower, and would love this book.
keep up the good work.
I'd love to win this book!
thanks so much for the contest. I love historical fiction for kids. I would love to win this book. I am already a follower of your blog. Thanks
Thank you all for entering.
I just finished the book last night, and it's MARVELOUS. Such a rich story. I just LOVE it when I love the Newbery winner. :)
Moon Over Manifest sounds like a wonderful book!! Thanks for sharing. I would love it if you could enter me, in addition I am a follower. Thanks a bunch.
Sounds great. I'd like to win. And I'm a follower.
Oh, enter me too! I love the sound of this book and that cover pulls me right in. The fact that you like it is icing on the cake.
Sounds like a good read. Please count me in. Thanks!
Ohhh... I'm in, and I'm a follower!
I'm a follower.
Congrats to all the books that win. But I love even more when a book wins that people have actually heard of. It's upsetting to me to see such a great divide between award winning books and books that kids and people are actually reading. Some years there is a crossover, other times not. What do you think?
Thanks to all for your enthusiasm. You are all duly entered. :)
Laura, I agree that sometimes there's more disconnect between the awards and what kids are reading, and sometimes more overlap. Sometimes the winners seem to have little kid appeal at all. But I'm glad literary merit rather than popularity rules. Much as I enjoy Diary of a Wimpy Kid and think it's loaded with kid appeal, I wouldn't want to see it win the Newbery. To me, the sticking point is "most distinguished contribution to literature." I want to see a Newbery winner that will transcend just being "book of the year." Some strike me as just nice stories, soon forgotten. I'd never heard of Moon Over Manifest before the announcements either. But it's definitely the best of any book I read in 2010, in both ambitious storytelling and emotional resonance. And I was so happy that the "spunky heroine" wasn't snarky and ill-mannered. I actually found her lovable.
I'd love to enter your contest for the Newbery Award winning book for 2011.
I'm following your blog.
Hi, LifeLongLearner! Thanks for entering. :)
Count me in, Marcia! Thanks!
You're in, Andrea! :)
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