Echo

Echo2016 Newbery Honor Book New York Times Bestseller An impassioned, uplifting, and virtuosic tour de force from a treasured storyteller Lost and alone in a forbidden forest, Otto meets three mysterious sisters and suddenly finds himself entwined in a puzzling quest involving a prophecy, a promise, and a harmonica. Decades later, Friedrich in Germany, Mike in Pennsylvania, and Ivy in California each, in turn, become interwoven when the very same

2016 Newbery Honor Book
New York Times Bestseller

An impassioned, uplifting, and virtuosic tour de force from a treasured storyteller

Lost and alone in a forbidden forest, Otto meets three mysterious sisters and suddenly finds himself entwined in a puzzling quest involving a prophecy, a promise, and a harmonica.

Decades later, Friedrich in Germany, Mike in Pennsylvania, and Ivy in California each, in turn, become interwoven when the very same harmonica lands in their lives. All the children face daunting challenges: rescuing a father, protecting a brother, holding a family together. And ultimately, pulled by the invisible thread of destiny, their suspenseful solo stories converge in an orchestral crescendo.

Richly imagined and masterfully crafted, Echo pushes the boundaries of genre, form, and storytelling innovation to create a wholly original novel that will resound in your heart long after the last note has been struck.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Published: 02/24/2015
ISBN: 9780439874021
Pages: 592
Weight: 1.90lbs
Size: 8.30h x 6.10w x 2.00d
Award: Newbery Medal - Honor Book
Award: Parents Choice Awards (Fall) (2008-Up) - Gold Medal Winner
Award: Kirkus Prize - Winner

Review Citations: School Library Journal 12/01/2014 pg. 126
Kirkus Reviews 12/15/2014
Publishers Weekly 12/22/2014
Voice of Youth Advocates 02/01/2015 - Recommended - Better Than Most
Romantic Times 03/01/2015 pg. 32 - Excellent
Shelf Awareness 02/24/2015
Horn Book Magazine 03/01/2015 pg. 108
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 03/01/2015 pg. 368 - Book Of Special Distinction
BookPage 03/01/2015
New York Times Book Review 03/15/2015 pg. 17
New York Times Book Review 03/22/2015 pg. 26
PW Best Children's Books 11/02/2015 pg. 49
Kirkus Best Middle Grade Books 11/15/2015 pg. 87
PW Children's Starred Reviews 12/02/2015 pg. 77
NY Times Notable Bks of Year 12/06/2015 pg. 34

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 171965 / Echo
Reading Level: 4.9 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 13