Review of the Day: Echo Mountain by Lauren Wolk

Echo Mountain
By Lauren Wolk
Dutton (an imprint of Penguin Random House)
$17.99
ISBN: 978-0-525-55556-8
Ages 9-12
On shelves April 21st

Sometimes we reviewers talk about “nostalgia”. How it plays a role in the books we review and the way we interpret those titles. I’ve been thinking a lot about that word lately. Seems it only really comes up in conversation when you’re talking about works of fiction set in the past. Sometimes such books romanticize history or historical moments. They may have...