{"id":38293,"date":"2015-08-12T11:44:49","date_gmt":"2015-08-12T15:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/?p=38293"},"modified":"2015-08-12T11:52:46","modified_gmt":"2015-08-12T15:52:46","slug":"echo-pam-munoz-ryan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/echo-pam-munoz-ryan\/","title":{"rendered":"Echo by Pam Mu\u00f1oz Ryan"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Echo<\/a>For the most magnificent experience, choose to go aural with a pitch-perfect quartet\u00a0to narrate the four distinct stories\u00a0that make up this stupendous\u00a0new novel from award-winning Pam Mu\u00f1oz Ryan<\/a>. Then \u2013 in another reason to visit your local library often \u2013 make sure to at least hold the book and ogle the gorgeous pages, especially the beginning and end.\u00a0The fairy-tale opening and close are framed in reverse black-and-white \u2013 that is, dark pages printed with white type, bordered with curling branches of many leaves.<\/p>\n

The intricate, multi-layered set-up is thus: A boy named Otto reads a magical story \u2013 drawn to it by a shared name \u2013 titled The Thirteenth Harmonica of Otto Messenger<\/em>,\u00a0about three nameless sisters who have dutifully served a mean grumpy witch all their lives.\u00a0That extraordinary harmonica plays through three additional stories that follow: about musically-gifted Friedrich who must save his father from Nazi brutality; about Mike who will do anything to keep\u00a0his younger brother out of the orphanage; and about Ivy whose family is entrusted with a Japanese American family’s farm when they are sent to a prison camp during World War II. Each of the children’s lives will be forever changed by that legendary instrument; each will be brought together to make beautiful music and\u00a0finish a tale begun in a faraway forest long, long ago.<\/p>\n

As if an unconscious nod to girl power, Ivy commands the most multi-faceted narrative. In spite of her American birth, her Mexican American family must suffer through a separate-but-definitely-not-equal education system in southern California. Ivy personally faces moral ambiguity and patriotic questioning resulting from\u00a0overwhelming racism and war hysteria all around \u2013 but her open mind and open heart make her that much wiser than many of the adults who should know better.<\/p>\n

Ryan’s intertwined\u00a0composition \u2013 weaving fantasy, history, serendipity \u2013 is already a melodious gift on the page, but is made most\u00a0memorable stuck in the ears. The audible version is further enhanced with resonating musical embellishments throughout. Indeed, merging text with tunes undoubtedly results in a harmonic convergence worthy of a standing ovation.<\/p>\n

Readers<\/strong>: Middle Grade, Young Adult<\/p>\n

Published<\/strong>: 2015<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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