Clare Vanderpool's 'Moon Over Manifest'

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A story can do so much for a person. It can teach you. It can provide comfort. It can make you a better person. And in the book, Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool, the stories Miss Sadie tells help Abilene develop a better understanding of her father, and give her a sense of belonging. Theses stories that are told to Abilene make her realize that she is a part of Manifest. The author expresses this through Abilene in the quote, "After all this time of working at her house, there was a comfort knowing that I was connected to her stories. ... I was connected to this place and those people (202)." Abilene knows that she is now involved and a part of the ongoing story of Manifest. She is now a part of the community of Manifest, and the

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