Paths to endurance
Children’s Books | Middle-grade reads showcase renewal after difficulty
by Katie Gaultney
Posted 3/25/21, 03:26 pm
Echo Mountain by Lauren Wolk: With the onset of the Great Depression, Ellie’s family loses everything and has to start anew in the rugged Maine wilderness. Ellie learns from the land, gathering honey and discovering carved wooden trinkets from a mysterious observer. Then Ellie’s family faces a crisis after an injury leaves her father lying comatose in the cabin they’d built.