Newbery Honor- and Scott O’Dell Award-winning author Lauren Wolk weaves a stunning tale of resilience, persistence, and friendship across three generations of families, set against the rough and ragged beauty of the mountain they all call home. An accident unfairly blamed on Ellie.ĭetermined to help her father, Ellie will make her way to the top of the mountain in search of the healing secrets of a woman known only as “the hag.” But the hag, and the mountain, still have many untold stories left to reveal and, with them, a fresh chance at happiness.Įcho Mountain is celebration of finding your own path and becoming your truest self. But there is little joy, even for Ellie, as her family struggles with the aftermath of an accident that has left her father in a coma. Ellie has found a welcome freedom, and a love of the natural world, in her new life on the mountain. When the Great Depression takes almost everything they own, Ellie’s family is forced to leave their home in town and start over in the untamed forests of nearby Echo Mountain. Newbery Honor- and Scott O’Dell Award-winning author Lauren Wolk returns with the story of an unforgettable young heroine in Depression-era Maine, navigating the rocky terrain of her new life on Echo Mountain. New York, NY: Dutton (pub: April 21, 2020) April 2020 Middle Grade Book Selection | First Editions Club
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