Lots of positive messages about trusting yourself, not judging others, the value of hard work, doing a hard job well, community, trying new things, and always being open to learning. Many characters are grieving the loss of a loved one some are mean and bitter but respond well to Ellie's kindness and understanding. Ellie is a great role model for empathy, bravery, hard work, curiosity, and willingness to do whatever needs to be done. Dive deeper into your favourite books, eras and themes. Parents need to know that Echo Mountain is by Lauren Wolk, the Newbery-winning author of Wolf Hollow.It's about a family in Great Depression-era Maine who lost everything and are rebuilding their lives in a rural, mountain community. The book opens with a newborn puppy that seems dead and Ellie has to take it away to bury it, but there's a safe resolution when she's able to get it to start breathing. the Great Depression, Ellies parents moved their family onto Echo Mountain three years ago. She suspects a friend's black eye is from his mother but he says it was an accident. There's some scariness, mild gore, and mention of blood from injuries. In Lauren Wolk’s Echo Mountain, 12-year-old Ellie experiences both the horrors and the healing powers of nature when hard times force her family to return to the land. Heuvelt alternates points of view between Nick and Sam and other minor characters.

Is he possessed by the mountain This book is a turgid mess. Ellie endures so much hardship and pain when her father nearly died from a fallen tree. Intermediate, Middle School Dutton 359 pp. Echo is very much like Hex in a sense that at times. Ellie, who's 12, and her family are also taking care of her father, who's in a coma after an accident. An absolutely riveting story set in the 1930s in Maine. It's about a family in Great Depression-era Maine who lost everything and are rebuilding their lives in a rural, mountain community. Parents need to know that Echo Mountain is by Lauren Wolk, the Newbery-winning author of Wolf Hollow.

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