【英语章节书】Moon over Manifest 阿比琳的夏天》纽伯瑞金奖 一部穿越时空的成长史诗

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《Moon Over Manifest》（《阿比琳的夏天》）是美国作家克莱尔·范德普尔（Clare Vanderpool）的处女作，荣获2011年纽伯瑞儿童文学奖。这部作品融合了成长、历史与悬疑元素，讲述了一个关于家庭、归属与希望的动人故事。

📖 故事梗概

故事发生在1936年，12岁的阿比琳·塔克（Abilene Tucker）被父亲送往堪萨斯州的曼尼菲斯特小镇，暂时寄居在父亲的老友家中。在这个看似平静却充满秘密的小镇，阿比琳发现了一盒旧信件和纪念品，揭开了一段发生在1918年的往事。通过与镇上的神秘人物萨迪女士（Miss Sadie）的交流，阿比琳逐渐拼凑出父亲过去的故事，并重新定义了自己对家庭和归属的理解。

👥 主要人物

阿比琳·塔克（Abilene Tucker）：勇敢、好奇的少女，渴望了解父亲的过去。

萨迪女士（Miss Sadie）：神秘的算命师，讲述了1918年的故事，帮助阿比琳了解父亲的过去。

金克斯（Jinx）/吉迪恩·塔克（Gideon Tucker）：阿比琳的父亲，曾用名金克斯，年轻时在曼尼菲斯特经历了许多波折。

内德·吉伦（Ned Gillen）：萨迪女士的儿子，金克斯的好友，在一战中英勇牺牲。

🌟 主题探讨

家庭与归属：阿比琳在寻找父亲的过程中，重新定义了家庭的意义，找到了心灵的归属。

成长与自我发现：通过探索过去，阿比琳逐渐成长，学会了独立和理解。

历史与记忆：小说通过交错的时间线，展现了历史对个人和社区的影响。



🏆 获奖情况

2011年纽伯瑞儿童文学奖（Newbery Medal）

2011年斯普尔奖最佳西部青少年小说（Spur Award for Best Western Juvenile Fiction）

堪萨斯州杰出图书奖（Kansas Notable Book）



蓝思 (Lexile) 阅读分级‏ : ‎ 800L


Santa Fe RailwaySOUTHEAST KANSAS MAY 27, 1936

The movement of the train rocked me like a lullaby. I closed my eyes to the dusty countryside and imagined the sign I knew only from stories. The one just outside of town with big blue letters: MANIFEST: A TOWN WITH A RICH PAST AND A BRIGHT FUTURE

I thought about my daddy, Gideon Tucker. He does his best talking in stories, but in recent weeks, those had become few and far between. So on the occasion when he’d say to me, “Abilene, did I ever tell you ’bout the time  …?” I’d get all quiet and listen real hard. Mostly he’d tell stories about Manifest, the town where he’d lived once upon a time

His words drew pictures of brightly painted storefronts and bustling townsfolk. Hearing Gideon tell about it was like sucking on butterscotch. Smooth and sweet. And when he’d go back to not saying much, I’d try recalling what it tasted like. Maybe that was how I found comfort just then, even with him being so far away. By remembering the flavor of his words. But mostly, I could taste the sadness in his voice when he told me I couldn’t stay with him for the summer while he worked a railroad job back in Iowa. Something had changed in him. It started the day I got a cut on my knee. It got bad and I got real sick with infection. The doctors said I was lucky to come out of it. But it was like Gideon had gotten a wound in him too. Only he didn’t come out of it. And it was painful enough to make him send me away.

I reached into my satchel for the flour sack that held my few special things. A blue dress, two shiny dimes I’d earned collecting pop bottles, a letter from Gideon telling folks that I would be received by Pastor Howard at the Manifest depot, and my most special something, kept in a box lined with an old 1917 Manifest Heraldnewspaper: my daddy’s compass.

📚 阅读推荐

《Moon Over Manifest》适合小学中高年级学生阅读，尤其适合喜欢历史、悬疑和成长故事的读者。其丰富的情节和深刻的主题，使其成为家庭共读或课堂教学的优秀选择。

这部作品不仅是一段关于成长的旅程，更是一封写给过去与未来的情书。通过阿比琳的眼睛，我们看到了一个小镇的兴衰，也看到了人们在困境中坚持希望的力量。《Moon Over Manifest》是一部值得一读再读的佳作。