Abilene Tucker arrives at Manifest, Kansas for the summer of 1936. Her father has put her on the train, sending her to an old friend, Pastor Shady Howard, while he works a railroad job. She wants to learn more about her father. She discovers a cigar box filled with old letters and mementos from 1918. She and her new friends, Lettie and Ruthanne, read about a spy known as The Rattler. This sparks their spy investigation. Vanderpool artfully interweaves stories about 1936 and 1918. Miss Sadie, a "diviner" slowly leads her through the story of Ned and Jinx. Wonderfully enriched with historically details about World War I, the 1918 flu epidemic, and life in Manifest.
2012 Notable Children's Books
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