Echo by Pam Muñoz Ryan Book

Echo by Pam Muñoz Ryan. Softcover with a purple and red cover. Echo by Pam Muñoz Ryan is a 2015 Newbery Honor book that weaves together the stories of three children—Friedrich in Germany, Mike in America, and Ivy in California—all connected by a magical harmonica and the challenges of the Great Depression and World War II. The novel blends historical fiction with fantasy, using a fairy-tale frame story about a lost boy and three sisters to link the children's separate struggles, which ultimately converge in a musical finale