Echo
2016 Newbery Honor BookNew York Times BestsellerAn 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.
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I’ll be honest, I struggled at the beginning of this book. I don’t know if it was because I was in a reading slump or if it was the beginning of the book. When I got to part 2 of the book was when I really started to enjoy it. I was invested in the characters of part 2 story. I ended up really enjoying the book! It was different from what I have listened to before and that made it so wonderful!
it was a really good book. it was about three perspectives, and they all are connected with a harmonica. a brother trying to help his brother, a son trying to help his family and trying to free his dad, who is german but against hitler, and a girl who’s dream is to play music but her brother is at war and she is forced to move to another town. they are all connected with music, and the book is just so good. main characters: mike, Friedrich, and ivy. 592 pages
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