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May 11, 2020
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Shelves:
adventure,
family,
friendship,
middle-grade,
bravery,
juvenile,
courage,
romance,
audio-book,
grief
The Great Depression cost Ellie's family everything. So her tailor father and music teacher mother packed the family up and moved them to Echo Mountain. It is a totally different life for this town family, and the adjustment is not easy for Ellie's mother or sister. But Ellie and her father find their footing much faster. Then tragedy strikes. Ellie's father is injured in an accident and lies comatose. Most of his chores fall to Ellie, but that is fine with her. What is much harder is that her f
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Richie’s Picks: ECHO MOUNTAIN by Lauren Wolk, Dutton, April 2020, 368p., ISBN: 978-0-525-55556-8
“In 1930 when the Wall caved in
He made his way selling red-eye gin”
Hunter/Garcia, “Brown Eyed Women” (1972)
“At first, the bees simply tumbled across my father’s temple, looking for a way past the rim of the jar where it pressed against his skin, but when I rapped my knuckles against the glass and bent low with a quick shout, they both stung my father and died doing it, protecting a comb they’d already ...more
“In 1930 when the Wall caved in
He made his way selling red-eye gin”
Hunter/Garcia, “Brown Eyed Women” (1972)
“At first, the bees simply tumbled across my father’s temple, looking for a way past the rim of the jar where it pressed against his skin, but when I rapped my knuckles against the glass and bent low with a quick shout, they both stung my father and died doing it, protecting a comb they’d already ...more
Beautiful writing and a compelling story but it felt a little tedious to me in the last third. Not sure why.
Maybe it was me. It pushed my boundaries of believability a little bit, too. Still worth reading. Such beautiful, lyrical writing.
Maybe it was me. It pushed my boundaries of believability a little bit, too. Still worth reading. Such beautiful, lyrical writing.
I am going to be honest, I have a hard time with this authors books. I honestly don't know why. I tried this one 3 times before I finally finished.
With that being said I ended up really enjoying the story. It really picked up for me the last half and I am glad I stuck with it.
A wonderful story about a young girl finding her way and figuring out who she is within a family where a tragedy has happened. It is set during the great depression in Maine 1934. ...more
With that being said I ended up really enjoying the story. It really picked up for me the last half and I am glad I stuck with it.
A wonderful story about a young girl finding her way and figuring out who she is within a family where a tragedy has happened. It is set during the great depression in Maine 1934. ...more
It was worth reading just for the lovely writing. I'm not sure it would hold a 10 year old's attention.
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I don’t think it is children’s fiction, but not YA.
I loved it, but don’t think any students will read it, no matter what I do to promote it. Her other books haven’t been checked out even once. 😩
I loved it, but don’t think any students will read it, no matter what I do to promote it. Her other books haven’t been checked out even once. 😩
May 22, 2020
Tammy
marked it as to-read
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Michelle
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Kirsten Barber
marked it as to-read-soon
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Karen
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