Moon Over Manifest
by Clare Vanderpool
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- It's a Hard-Knock Life
Twelve-year-old Abilene Tucker knows what it's like to be poor, hungry, and homeless. The nation is suffering the effects of the Great Depression when she hops off the train in Manifest, Kansas during the summer of 1936. To dig into this epic bummer, click on through. - From the Front Line to the Home Front
Abilene learns about her father's mysterious past through a series of letters written to him by a childhood friend who enlists in the army during WWI. WWI was quite a while ago at this point, though, so for a crash course on this era for either yourself or your students, we have you covered.