

In each locale, the harmonica finds its way into the hands of a talented young musician who finds him or herself in need of courage and comfort in the face of personal upheaval that reflects the larger inequality and change in their social context. involvement in World War II and the internment of Japanese Americans, it examines the social issues of the period through the lives of young people. Covering the rise of Nazism in Germany, the tail end of the Great Depression in the United States, and the beginning of U.S.

Echo is a young-adult novel about the power of music to unite individuals across time, and even save lives: the wide-reaching novel follows an enchanted harmonica to 1933 in Germany, 1934 in Pennsylvania, and 1942 in California, before uniting the characters we meet along the way at Carnegie Hall in 1951.
