Monday, July 25, 2016

Review: Echo

Echo Echo by Pam Muñoz Ryan
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This story begins and ends with a fairy tale. In between are three stories all involving music, especially harmonica music. The harmonica links three children who are years and miles apart. The stories are interesting. I especially liked the first two stories - one takes place in Germany just before WWII and the other taking place in Philadelphia a few years later. I don't think the third story was as fleshed out at the first two. The third story touched on Japanese internment camps, migrant workers, and losing a loved one in war. This story alone had enough content to be a book on it's own. I listened to this book on audio and it included the music that was described in the text. This really added a lot to the story. My biggest complaint with this book is the length. As a school librarian, I know this will be a hard sell for my students because of the book's length.

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