Her novels include Esperanza Rising, Riding Freedom, Becoming Naomi León, Paint the Wind, The Dreamer, and Echo.
She the author recipient of the NEA’s Human and Civil Rights Award, the Virginia Hamilton Literary Award, the Willa Cather Award, the Pura Belpré medal, the PEN USA award, and many others. She has written over forty books for young people-picture books, early readers, and middle grade and young adult novels. Pam Muñoz Ryan is the author of the New York Times Best Seller, ECHO, a 2016 Newbery Honor Book, and winner of the Kirkus Prize. Reviewed by Comfy Chair Books/Lisa Reigel (February 13, 2020)
The three children are connected by a magical harmonica and their stories are skillfully woven together at the end of the book. While it deals with dire situations it projects a hopeful and “we can get through this” attitude. Three stories that take place during the pre-holocaust Germany, an orphanage, and post-Pearl Harbor California. A moving tale set in tough times with children put in rough situations. It was chosen as my book club read and what a wonderful choice it was. This is a book I normally wouldn’t have picked up.
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. And ultimately, pulled by the invisible thread of destiny, their suspenseful solo stories converge in an orchestral crescendo. All the children face daunting challenges: rescuing a father, protecting a brother, holding a family together. 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.ĭecades 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. Echo by Pam Munoz Ryan Scholastic Press (February 24, 2015) Age Level: 10-14/Grade Level: 5-9 Teen/Young AdultĪn impassioned, uplifting, and virtuosic tour de force from a treasured storyteller!
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