by Clare Vanderpool Published 2010“The movement of the train rocked me like a lullaby. I closed my eyes to the dusty countryside and imagined the sign I’d seen only in Gideon’s stories: ‘Manifest- ATown with a rich past and a bright future.’” Abilene Tucker feels abandoned. Her father has put her on a train, sending her off to live with an old friend for the summer while he w...