And there are those who reverse the order of things, to achieve their wicked ends. When a Sound dies in our world, his Echo is executed in Echoland. But there is evil there, a terrible law, the Law of Death. It is a sparkling, beautiful place, a winter wonderland. They call us Sounds, and they are our Echoes for each one of them is a reflection of one of us. (Though how it happens will remain a secret, until you read the book.)Ī hidden world lies beneath our feet, a land filled with see-through trees and lucent people. Then just before his thirteenth birthday, Will's pets reveal a secret to him. But his twin sister is still missing, and their parents never stop searching for her. But one toddler returns after a week, riding a wolf, with a falcon circling over him. No one sees the kidnapping or if they do, they forget. THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN disappear from our world. ~ 2018 San Francisco Book Festival Honorable Mention ~ ~ 2018 New York Book Festival Honorable Mention ~ ~ 2018 Readers' Favorite 4th place (Honorable Mention) ~ ~ 2018 Los Angeles Book Festival Runner-up ~ ~ 2018 Purple Dragonfly 2nd Place Winner ~
But many men and monsters, crystal balls and spying eyes, will try to stop the brave teens. An answer hidden in an ancient book… Deep in a frozen lake of gems… Beyond a buried door… At the foot of the greatest Crystillery of all. For the fate of Echoland, and of the Sound realm, depends on the answer. The most important boy in Echoland will help Will solve it, with a handful of other teens. And there, in a fortress filled with castaway children, a two-hundred-year-old riddle lies buried. But dangers sweep him into that magical, see-through land. Twelve-year-old Will Cleary tries to escape the frightening answer. Is this why children are disappearing from the Sound realm? Because someone wants their Echo to die? And they think that they must die when we do. And there, in a IN A SEE-THROUGH LAND our reflections live.
Is this why children are disappearing from the Sound realm? Because someone wants their Echo to die? Twelve-year-old Will Cleary tries to escape the frightening answer. IN A SEE-THROUGH LAND our reflections live.
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