Echo

Reviewed by: Mary Lehmer - Freeport Community Library, Freeport, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: May 1, 2015

Review

This amazing story starts out in a forest where a young boy is reading a story about 3 princesses that were left in the forest with a witch. The witch casts a spell and the only way to break it is for them to save someone's life. Then it jumps to the real lives of 3 children. Each has a story that is full of promise and sadness. The various lives are really different but they have something in common; they love music and play a harmonica that seems to have magic in it. Magic that all began way back in the forest with the witch and the princesses.

This is an amazing story. It starts in what you think is going to be a total fantasy and then switches to realistic fiction. Each of the children's stories is beautiful and will draw you in to their life. The issues they deal with and have to take on are so real. You get so wrapped up in each story that you don’t want them to end. This is a wonderful story that just may make you cry but will make you feel good as well.

Overall Book Score: excellent