Wow. I feel like I just ate at a fine restaurant that served me a superb meal! I just finished reading Echo by Pam Munoz Ryan . It is a new book that is going to be coming out in February. This book was quite a surprise for me. I haven't read the author's previous books, but was intrigued by this book description. I have struggled to find contemporary fiction that I feel comfortable assigning to my teenage daughter for her homeschooling. Periodically, I have been lucky enough to find a few treasures... The Friendship Doll, Flipped, Paper Things (which I'm going to write about later in this post), the Vine Basket by Josanne LaValley... and now I can add this book to the list. Echo begins with a little boy who gets lost in the woods and encounters three sisters. Magic and music are interwoven in a way that creates wonder. As I read this book, I found myself unsure of what was going to happen next. There were multiple cliffh...