Moon over Manifest Map of Characters Diagram
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Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool
Lesson Plans by Bridget Baudinet
Part mystery, part coming-of-age tale, Moon Over Manifest follows twelve-year-old Abilene Tucker as she tries to make sense of her father’s past and her own present. Left to stay in Manifest, Kansas with Pastor Shady Howard, Abilene feels abandoned by her father.
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Moon over Manifest characters in a Character Map
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- ABILENE TUCKER
- MISS SADIE
- What challenges does this character face?
- Character traits:
- How does living in Manifest change this character?
- Role in Manifest:
- Years living in Manifest:
- Year of story (1917, 1936, or both):
- JINX / GIDEON TUCKER
- SHADY
- What challenges does this character face?
- Character traits:
- Both 1917 and 1936
- How does living in Manifest change this character?
- Role in Manifest:
- Years living in Manifest:
- Year of story (1917, 1936, or both):
- LETTIE AND RUTHANNE
- SISTER REDEMPTA
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- Year of story (1917, 1936, or both):
- Year of story (1917, 1936, or both):
- NED GILLEN
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- Year of story (1917, 1936, or both):
- ARTHUR DEVLIN
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- Year of story (1917, 1936, or both):
- • owner of an illegal speakeasy • substitute pastor • kind-hearted host for those in need
- Shady also takes in Abilene 18 years later. He helps her feel at home in Manifest.
- Shady took in Gideon as a boy and helped him escape the police.
- UNCLE FINN
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