02741cam a2200493 i 4500 626048210 TxAuBib 20160126120000.0 140605s2015||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2014021482 9780439874021 hardcover 0439874025 hardcover TXAAL eng rda TXAAL TxAuBib rda Ryan, Pam Muñoz, author. Echo / a novel by Pam Muñoz Ryan ; decorations by Dinara Mirtalipova. First edition. New York, NY : Scholastic Press, [2015] 585 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Music, magic, and a real-life miracle meld in this genre-defying masterpiece from storytelling maestro Pam Muñoz Ryan. 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 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. 680L Lexile. Accelerated Reader AR MG 3.7 4 171965. 20160126. Newbery Honor books, 2016. Newbery honor book. Harmonica Juvenile fiction. Harmonica Fiction. Fate and fatalism Juvenile fiction. Fate and fatalism Fiction. Families Juvenile fiction. Family life Fiction. Pennsylvania History 20th century Juvenile fiction. Pennsylvania History 20th century Fiction. California History 20th century Juvenile fiction. California History 20th century Fiction. Germany History 1933-1945 Juvenile fiction. Germany History 1933-1945 Fiction. Music Fiction. Fiction. Mirtalipova, Dinara, illustrator. TXAAL