Summary
Twelve-year-old Abilene Tucker is sent by her father to spend the summer in Manifest, Kansas, a worn-out Depression-era town where he once lived. Discovering a hidden box of mysterious letters mentioning a spy called the Rattler, Abilene and her new friends embark on a hunt through the town's secrets, uncovering stories from both 1936 and World War I that reveal her father's hidden past.
Language
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ProfanityMild
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Blasphemy / Religious ProfanityNone
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Crude / Childish LanguageNone
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Racial / Ethnic SlursNone
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| f-word | 1-2 |
| sh*t | 1-2 |
| *ss | 1-2 |
| b*st*rd | 1-2 |
| b*tch | 1-2 |
| bl**dy | 1-2 |
| bug**r | 1-2 |
| d*mn | 1-2 |
| c-word | 1-2 |
| h*ll | 1-2 |
| cr*p | 1-2 |
Violence
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Graphic Violence / GoreSignificant
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Disturbing / FrighteningSignificant
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Vulgar / Obscene GesturesNone
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Bullying / Verbal CrueltyModerate
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Romance & Sex
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Explicit Sexual ContentNone
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Sexually SuggestiveNone
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Kissing (Light / Peck)Mild
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Kissing (Passionate)None
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Heterosexual RomanceMild
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Homosexual RomanceNone
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Drugs & Alcohol
🍷 Drugs and alcohol in Moon Over Manifest
Illegal Drug UseNone
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Legal Alcohol UseMild
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Implied / Referenced UseMild
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Other Content
📋 Other content in Moon Over Manifest
Medical / Body ProcessesModerate
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Heavy Emotional ThemesSignificant
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Deception / LyingModerate
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