fairy-tale – Reading While Fat

The Everlasting

The Everlasting (2025) is Alix E. Harrow’s fourth novel, after The Ten Thousand Doors of January, The Once and Future Witches, and Starling House, all of which I’ve absolutely loved. She is one of the authors that helped me discover that historical fantasy is my jam. I was fortunate that she did an event withinContinue reading “The Everlasting”

Echo

Echo, a Newbery-winning middle grade novel by Pam Munoz Ryan (2015) tells the stories of three preteens–Friedrich in 1933 Germany; Mike in 1935 Pennsylvania; and Ivy, in 1942 Southern California–who are all connected by music and a harmonica that finds its way to each of them at just the right time. The stories are bracketedContinue reading “Echo”