Echo

by Pam Muñoz Ryan

"Enjoy a FREE PREVIEW of Pam Muñoz Ryan's exquisitely crafted, genre-defying masterpiece in this SNEAK PEEK EDITION!Lost and alone 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 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 and form, and shows us what is possible in how we tell stories. The result is an impassioned, uplifting, and virtuosic tour de force that will resound in your heart long after the last note has been struck."

98 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 8, 2014

About the author

Pam Muñoz Ryan is the author of the New York Times Best Seller, ECHO, a 2016 Newbery Honor Book, and winner of the Kirkus Prize. She has written over forty books for young people—picture books, early readers, and middle grade and young adult novels. She the author recipient of the NEA's Human and Civil Rights Award, the Virginia Hamilton Literary Award, the Willa Cather Award, the Pura Belpré medal, the PEN USA award, and many others. Her novels include Esperanza Rising, Riding Freedom, Becoming Naomi León, Paint the Wind, The Dreamer, and Echo. She was born and raised in Bakersfield, California, holds a bachelor's and master's degree from San Diego State University and lives in north San Diego county with her family.

Reviews

[Ben · Rating 5 out of 5]

OMG! Incredible. A copy will be going to all of my grands together with an harmonica.

[Linda Bogaard · Rating 5 out of 5]

2016 Newbery Honor Book. I really liked it. Got involved in each of the character's stories and wanted them to continue. Luckily they did as they converged at the end in New York City (19551). Being the romantic that I am, now that they were all together in the same place, I wanted them to also find out that the harmonica had played a very important part in each of their lives and share their stories with each other. Also shows how each character dealt with prejudices in each of their situations. I was about 1/2 way through and was only going to read for an hour, but ended up reading all afternoon and finishing it.

"Otto finds 3 mysterious sisters in the forest and finds himself entwined in a prophecy, a promise, and a harmonica -- and decades later 3 children, Friedrich in Germany (1933), Mike in Pennsylvania (1935), and Ivy in California (1942) find themselves struggling to keep their families intact, and tied together by the music of the same harmonica."

[Marlene Scholfield · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was FANTASTiC!!!! My son and I took turns reading this aloud and enjoyed every moment of it. In the end all the stories come together masterfully.. it was intense that I cried... literally cried reading the end... this was a phenomenal book... I would recommend this as a literary piece for all middle/high school classes!!!!

[Becky · Rating 5 out of 5]

The ending gave me goosebumps!

[Lorrie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fun audio filled with music.