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Publisher: HarperCollins
Book Type: Paperback
Members Wishing: 2
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ISBN-13: 9780064407441 - ISBN-10: 0064407446
Publication Date: 8/1/2002
Pages: 224
Reading Level: Young Adult


Other Versions of this Book: Hardcover

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Maybe I would become a mermaid....I would live in the swirling blue-green currents, doing exotic underwater dances for the fish, kissed by sea anemones, caressed by seaweed shawls. I would have a dolphin as a friend. He would have merry eyes and the thick sleeked flesh of a god. My fingernails would be tiny shells and my skin would be like jade with light shining through it. I would never have to come back up...

Echo is caught at the crossroads of a physical world full of hope and despair and the realm of the supernatural, where young men have wings and skeletons speak. On the way, she is graced by angels and fairies and haunted by ghosts, psychopomps, and vampires. But as Echo falls under the spell of demons who threaten to destroy her, she must ultimately look within to find the strength to survive.

Through shifting points of view, Francesca Lia Block weaves pure magic into this deftly constructed tale -- a novel told in the form of linked stories. One girl's life emerges from a tapestry of voices, lives, and loves -- lost and found -- that deliver her finally to herself, triumphant, ever-changing.

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Top Member Book Reviews

Sarah H. wrote on 9/22/2005...

2 member(s) found this review helpful.

Block weaves another masterpiece, as she tells the story of echo, the girl underfoot of her mother, the angel. It's certainly more than just about echo, but also about how her mother came to meet her father, her dealing with lifes troubles, and some love in between..


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