Even in the darkest night, a star will shine, a bell will chime, a path will be revealed." I was happy to see an apparently music-related book, and was somewhat surprised to find that Echo begins with a fairytale, "The Thirteenth Harmonica of Otto Messenger," a fairytale replete with abandoned princesses, a magical forest, a mean-spirited witch, and a prophecy, I received an Advance Reader Copy of Echo from Scholastic and was intrigued that it was wrapped in musical notation paper and had a smartly-boxed Hohner Blues Band harmonica tied to it. First, Gordon Korman's Masterminds (more on that fantastic new thriller another day) and now Echo: A Novel. If this is how the year is starting out, it's going to be a banner year for middle-grade books.
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