Newbery Honor Book

New York Times Bestseller

Children's Literature Legacy Award Winner

This impassioned, uplifting, and virtuosic tour de force from a treasured storyteller follows three children, in three different times and places, whose lives mysteriously intersect.

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.

Author: Pam Muñoz Ryan
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Published: 02/24/2015
Pages: 592
Weight: 1.86lbs
Size: 8.30h x 6.10w x 2.00d
ISBN: 9780439874021

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


Award: 2015 Kirkus Prize Winner - Young Readers
Award: 2016 Newbery Medal Honor Book - Children's
Award: 2015 Parents Choice Awards (Fall) (2008-Up) Gold Medal Winner - Fiction