Status
Available
Call number
Collection
Publication
New York Delacorte Press c2010.
Description
Twelve-year-old Abilene Tucker is the daughter of a drifter who, in the summer of 1936, sends her to stay with an old friend in Manifest, Kansas, where he grew up, and where she hopes to find out some things about his past.
Awards
Massachusetts Children's Book Award (Nominee — 2013)
Sequoyah Book Award (Nominee — Children's — 2013)
William Allen White Children's Book Award (Nominee — Grades 6-8 — 2012-2013)
Newbery Medal (Medal Winner — 2011)
Society of Midland Authors Award (Nominee — Children's Fiction — 2011)
Oregon Reader's Choice Award (Nominee — 2013)
Kansas Notable Book (2011)
Volunteer State Book Award (Nominee — Middle School — 2013)
Historical Novel Society Editors' Choice (Children/Young Adult)
Great Reads from Great Places (2011, 2012)
Notable Children's Book (2011)
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Lexile
800L