May's book is Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool.
This is a young adult book that just won the 2011 Newberry Award.
Set in 1936, this memorable coming-of-age story
follows 12-year-old Abilene Tucker's unusual summer
in her father's hometown of Manifest, Kans.,
while he's away on a railroad job. Having had an itinerant
upbringing, Abilene is eager to connect to her father's
childhood, a goal that proves difficult. The immigrant town has
become rundown, but is populated with well-developed,
idiosyncratic characters.
I loved it and hope you will too!
We'll meet at my house on Tuesday, May 10th at 8:00 pm. The theme is SUMMERTIME, so please bring a summer-time treat or favorite from when you were a kid!
I plan on making a delicious pink lemonade pie for everyone- yum!
