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Echo Mountain / Lauren Wolk.
When twelve-year-old Ellie and her family lose livelihood and move to a mountain cabin in 1934, she quickly learns to be an outdoors woman and, when needed, a healer.
Record details
- ISBN: 0525555560
- ISBN: 9780525555568
- Physical Description: 356 pages
- Publisher: New York : Dutton Children's Books, [2020]
- Copyright: ©2020
Content descriptions
| Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 23.99 |
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| Subject: | Family life > Maine > Juvenile fiction. Neighborliness > Juvenile fiction. Depressions > 1929 > Juvenile fiction. Maine > History > 20th century > Juvenile fiction. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeshore Branch | J FIC Wolk | 31681020147625 | JFIC | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
When twelve-year-old Ellie and her family lose livelihood and move to a mountain cabin in 1934, she quickly learns to be an outdoors woman and, when needed, a healer. - Baker & Taylor
Losing her home in the aftermath of the stock market crash of 1929, Ellie moves with her family to a new home in an unforgiving mountain terrain where she seeks a cure to restore her injured father to health. By the Newbery Honor-winning author of Wolf Hollow. Simultaneous eBook. - Penguin Putnam
? âHistorical fiction at its finest.â âThe Horn Book
âThere has never been a better time to read about healing, of both the body and the heart.â âThe New York Times Book Review
Echo Mountain is an acclaimed best book of 2020!Â
An NPR Best Book of the Year â¢Â A Horn Book Fanfare Selection ⢠A Kirkus Best Book of the Year ⢠A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year â¢Â A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year ⢠A Chicago Public Library Best Book of the Year
After losing almost everything in the Great Depression, Ellieâs family is forced to leave their home in town and start over in the untamed wilderness of nearby Echo Mountain. Ellie has found a welcome freedom, and a love of the natural world, in her new life on the mountain. But there is little joy after a terrible accident leaves her father in a coma. An accident unfairly blamed on Ellie.
Ellie is a girl who takes matters into her own hands, and determined to help her father she will make her way to the top of the mountain in search of the healing secrets of a woman known only as âthe hag.â But the hag, and the mountain, still have many untold stories left to reveal.
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Historical fiction at its finest, Echo Mountain is celebration of finding your own path and becoming your truest self. Lauren Wolk, the Newbery Honorâ and Scott O'Dell Awardâwinning author of Wolf Hollow and Beyond the Bright Sea, weaves a stunning tale of resilience, persistence, and friendship across three generations of families.
âSoothing and exquisitely written.â âPeople
âThis is a book that will soothe readers like a healing balm.â âThe Wall Street Journal
âBrilliant.â âLynda Mullaly Hunt, bestselling author of Fish in a Tree - Penguin Putnam
'Â âHistorical fiction at its finest.â âThe Horn Book
âThere has never been a better time to read about healing, of both the body and the heart.â âThe New York Times Book Review
Echo Mountain is an acclaimed best book of 2020!Â
An NPR Best Book of the Year â¢Â A Horn Book Fanfare Selection ⢠A Kirkus Best Book of the Year ⢠A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year â¢Â A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year ⢠A Chicago Public Library Best Book of the Year
After losing almost everything in the Great Depression, Ellieâs family is forced to leave their home in town and start over in the untamed wilderness of nearby Echo Mountain. Ellie has found a welcome freedom, and a love of the natural world, in her new life on the mountain. But there is little joy after a terrible accident leaves her father in a coma. An accident unfairly blamed on Ellie.
Ellie is a girl who takes matters into her own hands, and determined to help her father she will make her way to the top of the mountain in search of the healing secrets of a woman known only as âthe hag.â But the hag, and the mountain, still have many untold stories left to reveal.
Â
Historical fiction at its finest, Echo Mountain is celebration of finding your own path and becoming your truest self. Lauren Wolk, the Newbery Honorâ and Scott O'Dell Awardâwinning author of Wolf Hollow and Beyond the Bright Sea, weaves a stunning tale of resilience, persistence, and friendship across three generations of families.
âSoothing and exquisitely written.â âPeople
âThis is a book that will soothe readers like a healing balm.â âThe Wall Street Journal
âBrilliant.â âLynda Mullaly Hunt, bestselling author of Fish in a Tree
