Ellie’s mother and sister blame Ellie for the accident, and Ellie’s mother copes by discouraging her daughter’s adaptability and curiosity, worrying that she’s becoming too wild.ĭespite these hardships, Ellie remains determined to use her skills to keep her family safe and fed and to find a way to wake up her father. She also sensitively conveys the swirl of emotions surrounding the accident that has put Ellie’s dad in a coma for months and left his family in a state of suspended grief.

Wolk vividly invokes the shock of losing an old way of life-of trading sidewalks for pine-needle paths, of swapping paper currency for barter with haircuts, eggs and firewood. Now, Ellie’s skills and confidence put her at odds with her resentful mother and older sister, who miss their former life in town. Her parents lost their home in the Great Depression and were forced to move, along with many neighbors, to the woods, where Ellie learned to hunt, fish and start a fire. Newbery Honor– and Scott O'Dell Award–winning author Lauren Wolk weaves a stunning tale of resilience, persistence, and friendship across three generations of families, set against the rough and ragged beauty of the mountain they all call home.Available for purchase at:AmazonBarnes & NobleBooks A MillionHudson BooksellersIndieBoundPowell'sTargetWalmartApple BooksGoogle Play Store - Audiobook (Downloadable format)Kobo - Audiobook (Downloadable format)Audible - Audiobook (Downloadable format)audiobooks.Twelve-year-old Ellie feels at home in the Maine woods of Lauren Wolk’s Echo Mountain. Echo Mountain is celebration of finding your own path and becoming your truest self. 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.

But there is little joy, even for Ellie, as her family struggles with the aftermath of an accident that has left her father in a coma. Ellie has found a welcome freedom, and a love of the natural world, in her new life on the mountain. 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.“Brilliant.” –Lynda Mullaly Hunt, bestselling author of Fish in a TreeWhen the Great Depression takes almost everything they own, Ellie’s family is forced to leave their home in town and start over in the untamed forests of nearby Echo Mountain.

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