11 Top family books like Echo Mountain by Lauren Wolk

Cover of Echo Mountain by Lauren Wolk

Echo Mountain

By: Lauren Wolk

4.26

Format: 356 pages, Hardcover

A young heroine in Depression-era Maine is navigating the rocky terrain of her new life on Echo Mou…

"You want to know?"

-Lauren Wolk, Echo Mountain

"You want to know?"

-Lauren Wolk, Echo Mountain

"Blame comes from the Greek for “curse"

-Lauren Wolk, Echo Mountain

"Blame comes from the Greek for “curse"

-Lauren Wolk, Echo Mountain

If you liked the family plot in Echo Mountain by Lauren Wolk , here is a list of 11 books like this:

Cover of Ramayana: Divine Loophole by Sanjay Patel

1. Ramayana: Divine Loophole

By: Sanjay Patel

4.16

Format: 331 pages, Hardcover

Artist and veteran Pixar animator Sanjay Patel lends a lush, whimsical illustration style and light… read more

Similar categories in Sanjay Patel's Ramayana: Divine Loophole book and Lauren Wolk's Echo Mountain

  • fiction
Cover of Echo by Pam Muñoz Ryan

2. Echo

By: Pam Muñoz Ryan

3.95

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

Lost and alone in a forbidden forest, Otto meets three mysterious sisters and suddenly finds himsel… read more

Similar categories in Pam Muñoz Ryan's Echo book and Lauren Wolk's Echo Mountain

  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook

3. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus

By: Dusti Bowling

3.27

Format: None pages, Hardcover

*"Aven is a perky, hilarious, and inspiring protagonist whose attitude and humor will linger even a… read more

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4. Orphan Island

By: Laurel Snyder

3.91

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

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5. A Place to Hang the Moon

By: Kate Albus

4.57

Format: 309 pages, Hardcover

Set against the backdrop of World War II, Anna, Edmund, and William are evacuated from London to li… read more

Similar categories in Kate Albus's A Place to Hang the Moon book and Lauren Wolk's Echo Mountain

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
  • audiobook
"The librarian chuckled. “I suppose there are rather a lot of orphan stories out there."

-Kate Albus, A Place to Hang the Moon

"Besides which, I really ought to send her a book instead. Though she’s not much of a reader."

-Kate Albus, A Place to Hang the Moon

"Fibs, you must know, are entirely acceptable when they serve the purpose of getting one to the library."

-Kate Albus, A Place to Hang the Moon

"It is often the case that, at times of great anxiety, when the diversion of a good story should seem most welcome, one is least equipped to focus one’s mind on reading."

-Kate Albus, A Place to Hang the Moon

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6. The Lost Library

By: Rebecca Stead

4.14

Format: 215 pages, Hardcover

A little free library guarded by a cat and a boy who takes on the mystery it keeps. When a myst… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Stead's The Lost Library book and Lauren Wolk's Echo Mountain

  • childrens
  • juvenile
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"But aren’t “parents"

-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library

"That delicious book smell, his heart said."

-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library

"Being a Great Reader means feeling something about books."

-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library

"Head high, my dear! Eyes up! Take your place in the world!"

-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library

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7. Nothing Else But Miracles

By: Kate Albus

4.11

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From the author of A Place to Hang the Moon comes a hopeful World War II story about three scrappy … read more

Similar categories in Kate Albus's Nothing Else But Miracles book and Lauren Wolk's Echo Mountain

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
  • audiobook
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8. Alone

By: Megan E. Freeman

4.14

Format: 404 pages, Hardcover

When twelve-year-old Maddie hatches a scheme for a secret sleepover with her two best friends, she … read more

Similar categories in Megan E. Freeman's Alone book and Lauren Wolk's Echo Mountain

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
Cover of Ferris by Kate DiCamillo

9. Ferris

By: Kate DiCamillo

4.30

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The beloved author of Because of Winn-Dixie has outdone herself with a hilarious and achingly real … read more

Similar categories in Kate DiCamillo's Ferris book and Lauren Wolk's Echo Mountain

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • juvenile
Cover of The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity by Nicholas  Day

10. The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

By: Nicholas Day

4.15

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A propulsive work of narrative nonfiction about how the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre, how t… read more

Similar categories in Nicholas Day's The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity book and Lauren Wolk's Echo Mountain

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • audiobook
"Leonard da Vinci had painted the Mona Lisa. But Vincenzo Perugia had turned it into The Mona Lisa."

-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

"The Lourve, he concluded, with an insult designed to puncture French pride, "is less well protected than a Spanish museum."

-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

"If the Mona Lisa is the most famous face in art history, Les Demoiselles is a hatchet thrown at it. It's not a pretty painting. Its brutal and uncomfortable."

-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

"Word of his midnight activities gets out. 'The pope has found out that I have skinned three corpses,' Leonardo writes in his notebook. He gets off easy. He's simply told: please stop skinning corpses."

-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

Cover of Coyote Lost and Found (Coyote Sunrise #2) by Dan Gemeinhart

11. Coyote Lost and Found (Coyote Sunrise #2)

By: Dan Gemeinhart

4.54

Format: 282 pages, Hardcover

From #1 New York Times-bestselling author Dan Gemeinhart comes a standalone companion to the critic… read more

Similar categories in Dan Gemeinhart's Coyote Lost and Found (Coyote Sunrise #2) book and Lauren Wolk's Echo Mountain

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • audiobook
"But it's not the sandwich that matter Coyote. It's someone bringing you the sandwich."

-Dan Gemeinhart, Coyote Lost and Found (Coyote Sunrise #2)

"I'm gonna go ahead a fast-forward the story a bit here. Because, basically some boring stuff happened and then some very exciting stuff happened, and I think it's best to just skip the crust and go s…"

-Dan Gemeinhart, Coyote Lost and Found (Coyote Sunrise #2)

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12. Wildoak

By: C.C. Harrington

4.34

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Maggie’s stutter makes going to school hard. She will do almost anything to avoid speaking in class… read more

Similar categories in C.C. Harrington's Wildoak book and Lauren Wolk's Echo Mountain

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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13. The Labors of Hercules Beal

By: Gary D. Schmidt

4.53

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning author Gary D. Schmidt, a warm and witty novel in the tradition of The Wednesday… read more

Similar categories in Gary D. Schmidt's The Labors of Hercules Beal book and Lauren Wolk's Echo Mountain

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • juvenile
"And when Achilles went inside the Vampire said to me, "You all right?" I nodded. "I'm okay." "Okay is good enough for now," she said."

-Gary D. Schmidt, The Labors of Hercules Beal

"Most people don't think we even look like brothers," I said. "You do when you're asleep," she said. "Your face relaxes, and you stop worrying, and all that grit you two carry around falls away, and y…"

-Gary D. Schmidt, The Labors of Hercules Beal

Cover of The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise (Coyote Sunrise #1) by Dan Gemeinhart

14. The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise (Coyote Sunrise #1)

By: Dan Gemeinhart

4.46

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

Five years. That's how long Coyote and her dad, Rodeo, have lived on the road in an old school bus,… read more

Similar categories in Dan Gemeinhart's The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise (Coyote Sunrise #1) book and Lauren Wolk's Echo Mountain

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • juvenile
"But when someone's hurting, you gotta do something. Always kindness"

-Dan Gemeinhart, The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise (Coyote Sunrise #1)

"Driving toward something is better than driving away from something."

-Dan Gemeinhart, The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise (Coyote Sunrise #1)

"I guess that's how regrets are...they're anchors, not balloons. And we were sunk"

-Dan Gemeinhart, The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise (Coyote Sunrise #1)

"The best kind of goodbye is the kind where you don’t actually have to leave the person behind."

-Dan Gemeinhart, The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise (Coyote Sunrise #1)

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15. Song for a Whale

By: Lynne Kelly

4.23

Format: 303 pages, Hardcover

The story of a deaf girl's connection to a whale whose song can't be heard by his species, and the … read more

Similar categories in Lynne Kelly's Song for a Whale book and Lauren Wolk's Echo Mountain

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"A sound can move anything if it's strong enough."

-Lynne Kelly, Song for a Whale

Cover of Finding Langston by Lesa Cline-Ransome

16. Finding Langston

By: Lesa Cline-Ransome

4.34

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

In a debut historical novel about the Great Migration a boy discovers Chicago's postwar South Side … read more

Similar categories in Lesa Cline-Ransome's Finding Langston book and Lauren Wolk's Echo Mountain

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
  • juvenile
"It's better to read in the library. Sitting at my favorite table by the window reading and listening to the sound of other folks turning pages makes me feel like I'm in a house full of company I don'…"

-Lesa Cline-Ransome, Finding Langston

Cover of Brother's Keeper by Julie  Lee

17. Brother's Keeper

By: Julie Lee

4.34

Format: 314 pages, Hardcover

Can two children escape North Korea on their own? North Korea. December, 1950. Twelve-year-ol… read more

Similar categories in Julie Lee's Brother's Keeper book and Lauren Wolk's Echo Mountain

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
  • audiobook
Cover of Echo Mountain by Lauren Wolk

18. Echo Mountain

By: Lauren Wolk

4.26

Format: 356 pages, Hardcover

A young heroine in Depression-era Maine is navigating the rocky terrain of her new life on Echo Mou… read more

Similar categories in Lauren Wolk's Echo Mountain book and Lauren Wolk's Echo Mountain

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • adventure
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
  • juvenile
"You want to know?"

-Lauren Wolk, Echo Mountain

"Blame comes from the Greek for “curse"

-Lauren Wolk, Echo Mountain

"The things we need to learn to do, we learn to do by doing."

-Lauren Wolk, Echo Mountain

"Maybe she’ll wake up soon and come back to what she used to be...or what she’ll be next"

-Lauren Wolk, Echo Mountain

Cover of Show Me a Sign (Show Me a Sign #1) by Ann Clare LeZotte

19. Show Me a Sign (Show Me a Sign #1)

By: Ann Clare LeZotte

4.02

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Deaf author and librarian Ann Clare LeZotte weaves an Own Voices story inspired by the true history… read more

Similar categories in Ann Clare LeZotte's Show Me a Sign (Show Me a Sign #1) book and Lauren Wolk's Echo Mountain

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
  • juvenile
"Does being deaf determine my worth?"

-Ann Clare LeZotte, Show Me a Sign (Show Me a Sign #1)

Cover of Tune It Out by Jamie Sumner

20. Tune It Out

By: Jamie Sumner

4.31

Format: 275 pages, Hardcover

A 2020 BookExpo Book Buzz Pick From the author of the acclaimed Roll with It comes a moving nove… read more

Similar categories in Jamie Sumner's Tune It Out book and Lauren Wolk's Echo Mountain

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Songbird and the Rambutan Tree by Lucille Abendanon

21. The Songbird and the Rambutan Tree

By: Lucille Abendanon

4.55

Format: 307 pages, Paperback

Batavia, Dutch East Indies, 1942. Emmy has the voice of an angel but hasn’t sung a note since a … read more

Similar categories in Lucille Abendanon's The Songbird and the Rambutan Tree book and Lauren Wolk's Echo Mountain

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

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Sanjay Patel

4.16

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Pam Muñoz Ryan

3.95

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4.57

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Rebecca Stead

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Kate DiCamillo

4.30

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Katherine Applegate

4.46

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Lisa Yee

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Erin Entrada Kelly

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