Echo Mountain / Lauren Wolk.
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SoundPublisher number: YA 3976 | Listening LibraryPublisher: New York, New York : Listening Library, an imprint of the Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group, [2020]Copyright date: ℗2020Edition: UnabridgedDescription: 8 audio discs (9 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 inContent type: - spoken word
- audio
- audio disc
- 9780593155813
- 0593155815
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Children's Audiobook
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Dr. James Carlson Library | Children's Audiobook | Wolk Lauren | Available | 33111009894052 | ||||
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Main Library | Children's Audiobook | Wolk Lauren | Available | 33111009893930 |
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★ " Historical fiction at its finest." - The Horn Book
"There has never been a better time to read about healing, of both the body and the heart." - The New York Times Book Review
Echo Mountain is an acclaimed best book of 2020!
An NPR Best Book of the Year * A Horn Book Fanfare Selection * A Kirkus Best Book of the Year * A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year * 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, Ellie's 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 "the hag." But the hag, and the mountain, still have many untold stories left to reveal.
Historical fiction at its finest, Echo Mountain is celebration of finding your own path and becoming your truest self. Lauren Wolk, the Newbery Honor- and Scott O'Dell Award-winning author of Wolf Hollow and Beyond the Bright Sea, weaves a stunning tale of resilience, persistence, and friendship across three generations of families.
"Soothing and exquisitely written." - People
"This is a book that will soothe readers like a healing balm." - The Wall Street Journal
"Brilliant." -Lynda Mullaly Hunt, bestselling author of Fish in a Tree
Title from container.
Read by Holly Linneman.
Compact discs.
After the financial crash, Ellie and her family have lost nearly everything, including their home in town. Forced to start over, Ellie has found a welcome freedom, and a love of the natural world. But there is little joy, even for Ellie, as her family struggles with the aftermath of an accident that left her father in a coma. An accident for which Ellie has accepted the unearned weight of blame. Determined 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.