When 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. Ellie has found a welcome freedom, and a love of the natural world, in her new life on the mountain. 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 — an accident unfairly blamed on Ellie.
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. Lauren Wolk, the Newbery Honor– and Scott O'Dell Award–winning author of Wolf Hollow and Beyond the Bright Sea 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.
"Complex family dynamics loom large amid day-to-day matters..... Via strongly sketched cabin-life cadences and memorable, empathic characterizations — including, perhaps most vividly, of the wilderness itself — Newbery Honoree Wolk (Wolf Hollow) builds a powerful, well-paced portrait of interconnectedness, work and learning, and strength in a time of crisis." — Publishers Weekly
Recommended Age | 10 - 13 |
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Author | Lauren Wolk |
ISBN | 0525555560 |
Publication Date | Apr 21, 2020 |
Publisher | Dutton Books for Young Readers |
Language | English |