Echo Mountain

Author: Lauren Wolk

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  • : March 2020
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Echo Mountain by Lauren Wolk
Ellie's family are hit hard by the great depression. Despite their loss of wealth, Ellie and her Father have found peace living a wilder kind of life on the side of Echo Mountain. Then her beloved Father is struck down and Ellie withdraws further into the forest, away from the rest of her family. Here she meets with the mountain's resident 'hag' and a secretive young man who will change the course of her future and that of her fractured family. This is a touching story of nature and love of every kind. A wonderful world to escape into! Emilie

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The Newbery Honor-winning author of Wolf Hollow and Beyond the Bright Sea returns with the story of an unforgettable young heroine in Depression-era Maine.


After the financial crash, Ellie and her family have lost nearly everything--including their home in town. Forced to start over, Ellie has found a welcome freedom, and a love of the natural world, in her new life on Echo Mountain. But there is little joy, even for Ellie, as her family struggles with the aftermath of an accident that left her father in a coma. An accident for which Ellie has accepted the unearned weight of blame.  


Determined to help her father, Ellie will make her way to the top of the mountain in search of the healing secrets of a woman known only as "the hag." But the hag, and the mountain, still have many untold stories left to reveal and, with them, a fresh chance at happiness.  


Critically acclaimed author Lauren Wolk weaves a stunning tale of resilience, persistence, and friendship across three generations of strong women, set against the rough and ragged beauty of the mountain they all call home.

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>> The stunning new novel from the critically acclaimed author of Wolf Hollow. <<

Author description

After graduating from Brown University with a degree in English literature, Lauren Wolk spent a year as a writer with the Battered Women's Project of the St. Paul American Indian Center, and then worked as an editor and an English teacher. Since 2007, she has been the Associate Director of the Cultural Center of Cape Cod. She is an award-winning poet and a visual artist. Her novels for children, Wolf Hollow and Beyond the Bright Sea, are critically-acclaimed and award-winning.