![]() If you want to be surprised by a story and you trust me and the librarians who hand out the Newbery awards, stop reading my review after the next sentence and go out and get your hands on a copy of Echo. Byatt, an author of novels for adults that are magnificently crafted and often centered around a work of art - wrote a kid's book. There aren't too many plots or characters that surprise me or feel really new and original. ![]() Having worked with and been an avid reader of children's literature for more than 20 years, I've kind of read it all. While I hate the fact that I didn't read Echo right when it came out, I am so, so glad that I knew absolutely NOTHING about it (save that it won an award) before I began listening/reading it. ![]() Echo crossed my radar in January of this year when it won a Newbery Honor, along with two other superb books, The War that Saved My Life and Roller Girl. ![]() I even missed the March, 2015 review of Echo in the New York Times Book Reivew, which I usually scour. ![]() Scholastic is one of the few publishers I don't get review copies from and, working in a library instead of a bookstore now, I an not as up on what's new in the world of kid's books as I once was. I missed Echo by Pam Muñoz Ryan when it came out in February of 2015. ![]()
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