Winner of the 2011 Newbery Award.
Armed only with a few possessions and her list of universals, Abilene jumps off the tr.
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.
Abilene Tucker feels abandoned.
I closed my eyes to the dusty countryside and imagined the sign I\'d seen only in Gideon\'s stories: Manifest--A Town with a rich past and a bright future.
The movement of the train rocked me like a lullaby.
Winner of the 2011 Newbery Award