Newbery Medal (John Newbery Medal)
Echo
A mysterious harmonica links the lives of children across different eras and places. The novel layers music, fate, hope, and solidarity into a multi-stranded narrative.
Work Information
One harmonica connects children across time.
By tying together the stories of children from different times and places around a single instrument, the novel creates a sense of hope passed across generations.
Book Information
- Publisher
- Scholastic Pr
- Published
- 2015-02-24
- Pages
- 585 pages
- Language
- 英語
- Size
- 16.51 x 5.08 x 22.23 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9780439874021
- ISBN-10
- 0439874025
- Price
- 3377 JPY
- Category
- 洋書/Children's Books/Growing Up & Facts of Life/Friendship, Social Skills & School Life/Social Skills
2016 Newbery Honor BookNew York Times BestsellerAn impassioned, uplifting, and virtuosic tour de force from a treasured storyteller! Lost and alone in a forbidden forest, Otto meets three mysterious sisters and suddenly finds himself entwined in a puzzling quest involving a prophecy, a promise, and a harmonica.Decades later, Friedrich in Germany, Mike in Pennsylvania, and Ivy in California each, in turn, become interwoven when the very same harmonica lands in their lives. All the children face daunting challenges: rescuing a father, protecting a brother, holding a family together. And ultimately, pulled by the invisible thread of destiny, their suspenseful solo stories converge in an orchestral crescendo.Richly imagined and masterfully crafted, Echo pushes the boundaries of genre, form, and storytelling innovation to create a wholly original novel that will resound in your heart long after the last note has been struck.
Pam Muñoz Ryan is the recipient of the Newbery Honor Medal and the Kirkus Prize for her New York Times bestselling novel, Echo , as well as the NEA's Human and Civil Rights Award and the Virginia Hamilton Literary Award for multicultural literature for her body of work. Her celebrated novels, Echo , Esperanza Rising , The Dreamer , Riding Freedom , Becoming Naomi Léon , and Paint the Wind , have received countless accolades, among them two Pura Belpré Awards, a NAPPA Gold Award, a Jane Addams Children's Book Award, and two Américas Awards. Her acclaimed picture books include Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride and When Marian Sang , both illustrated by Brian Selznick, and Tony Baloney , illustrated by Edwin Fotheringham, as well as a beginning reader series featuring Tony Baloney. Ryan lives near San Diego, California, with her family.
Reviews
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スケールの大きな名作
分厚くハードカバーだったため高価だったが、とは言え20ドル、スピリチャルな世界、現実のヒトラー時代のドイツ、大恐慌時代のフィラデルフィア公害、ニューヨークのど真ん中を舞台に在米の日本人の運命も交え大きな舞台が回る優れた作品、引き込まれた。
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freaking incredible
I absolutely hate reading. We read this book over the course of about maybe four months at school, and at first glance, I thought I would hate it. It is super long, which I immediately disliked, and the first three parts connected but I didn't know how it would just blow up in the end. Each part is a completely different storyline, which I at first thought was stupid until part 4. Everything connected - and you really have to think about everything which I love. The ending was the absolute BEST ending I've ever read. ever. EVERYTHING made sense. I had to use my brain, and everything was a puzzle piece. I've never been a fan of magic and fantasy books - but this book had enough where it wasn't to much or not enough. It's a little bit hard to get into, but in the end it just goes together so beautifully. 100/10.
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Una favola piena di emozione e speranza
Una storia avvincente, ricca di riferimenti storici, sempre avvincente e con un finale sorprendente. Raccomando la lettura, non solo per ragazze e ragazzi.
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She was very pleased with it
This was a gift for my girlfriend. She was very pleased with it; this book has excellent reviews on Goodreads, one of the best new books. I don't usually review anything I buy from Amazon, but this book deserves more than just 1 review with 4 stars.
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Best book
My son (12 yrs) says the best book he has ever read!
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Muito bom!
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