![]() In both stories, the girls are forced into doing chores for neighbors as compensation for misbehaviors. They both share stubborn, headstrong personalities and the tendency to talk back, although Scout is more given to physical violence. Scout rebels against her aunt, preferring britches and boyish garb to skirts Abilene only ever wears two outfits, one a blue dress, and the other a set of overalls. Scout and Abilene share certain similarities–even some events from their summers are alike. ![]() ![]() Vanderpool weaves third-person narratives in to the story, however, through Miss Sadie’s (past-telling?) stories, and excerpts from Hattie Mae Harper’s newspaper column, while Lee maintains Scout’s perspective. Both are told in the first person perspectives of young girls (Scout’s nine, Abilene’s 12), and manage to sound light-hearted and amusing, although the nature of the issues dealt with are serious and thought provoking. Both famously well written, the first is a semi-autobiographical novel about Scout Finch, a tomboy born into a family with the double misfortunes of a deceased mother and a (slightly) patronizing older brother, while the second is a Newbery-award winning narrative depicting the eventful summer of Abilene Tucker.Īlthough To Kill A Mockingbird preceded Moon Over Manifest by 50 years, they share interesting similarities. Lee and Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool. Supposedly, kids grow the most over the spring, but I’d like to point out the summer is the most instructive season–at least, that’s true in the case of Scout & Abilene from To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper E. Drinking lemonade on the patio, or skinning knees on the bark of the backyard oaks. Ideally, we spend our summers exploring, balancing on driftwood, sitting in treehouses, stomping on ants, and building forts.
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