Echo by Pam Munoz Ryan

Otto meets three mysterious women in an enchanted forest who give him a magical harmonica along with strange clues.  Years later 3 children become bound together with this same harmonica, Friedrich from Germany, Mike from Pennsylvania, and Ivy in California during World War II.  This magical harmonica seems to rescue them by finding a father taken away, protecting a brother, keeping a family together and ultimately saving someone from death.  If you like historical fiction and mysteries you are going to love this book.  This book is long but it is worth reading and is one of my favorites.

Historical Fiction                                                                                              Mrs. Bender