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Book Five · Middle School · Ages 11–14

Mae and the Echoes We Choose

In a dry year, Mae is chosen to lead the plan to save the water, just as her own careless words, carried by a mimicking jay, crack her oldest friendship.

“What I send out comes back. I choose what I send.”

Middle-grade novel · 18 chaptersAges 11–14Live Montessori lesson available
Get the bookLive class · $130
Watercolor illustration from Mae and the Echoes We Choose
How do the words we send out travel, change and come back, and how do we lead a group when things go wrong?

Inside the story

What readers practise with Mae.

Each book carries a quiet Montessori lesson. Readers meet it in the story first, then practise it in their own work.

1

I can analyse a retold message for omission, addition and shift in meaning, citing the exact words.

2

I can distinguish a speaker's intent from the impact of their words, using evidence from Chapters 4 and 5.

3

I can draft a repair that takes responsibility without excuses.

The characters

Mae, her family and her friends.

Mae

About twelve, chosen to lead.

Fern

A red fox, Mae's oldest friend.

Quill

A Steller's jay who repeats everything.

Grandma Patricia

Plain-spoken, with a nicked left ear.

A scene from Mae and the Echoes We Choose

Choose how to read

Ways to bring Mae home.

Digital Reading Edition

$9.99 PDF
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  • Read on any tablet, laptop or phone
  • The illustrated edition replaces it free when released
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Book + Companion Bundle

$24.99 digital
  • The reading edition, Storyline Companion and 40-page Reader's Journal
  • Chapter-by-chapter discussion and work
  • Made for home and classroom use
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Live Montessori Class

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  • One 60-minute live lesson with a Quantum Montessori Guide & Success Coach
  • Learner Follow-Along Guide, Signature Learning Plan and tracker
  • The book's digital products included
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The live lesson

Sixty minutes, from listening to doing it alone.

Every class follows the Quantum Montessori Guided Mastery Method. Enrolled Quantum Montessori students receive this lesson with each book as part of their enrollment.

ListenThe Guide reads from the book and asks what learners already know.
WatchThe Guide shows the work slowly, start to finish.
Try togetherLearners practise with support, at their own pace.
Try aloneEach learner makes an original attempt.
ExplainLearners say the idea in their own words.
ApplyLearners use the idea on something new.

The series

More books in the series.

Each book is a complete story. Together they follow Mae from her first seed to the home she builds.

Cover of Mae and the Little Seed of Wonder
Little Seed of Wonder
Book One · Preschool–Kindergarten
Cover of Mae and the Bridge of Brave Questions
Bridge of Brave Questions
Book Two · Kindergarten
Cover of Mae and the Map of Small Possibilities
Map of Small Possibilities
Book Three · Lower Elementary
Cover of Mae and the Mountain of Many Stories
Mountain of Many Stories
Book Four · Upper Elementary
Cover of Mae and the Horizon She Builds
Horizon She Builds
Book Six · High School

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Questions

Good to know.

Who is this book for?

Mae and the Echoes We Choose is written for middle school readers, ages 11–14. Younger readers enjoy it read aloud; older readers often return to it on their own.

Do I need to read the books in order?

No. Each book is a complete story. Reading in order lets readers grow up alongside Mae.

What happens in the live class?

A Guide teaches one 60-minute lesson: reading, a demonstration, practice together, independent work, explaining the idea in your own words, and applying it to something new.

I am an enrolled Quantum Montessori family. Do I need to buy the class?

No. Enrolled students receive the live lesson and lesson plan with each book.

Is there a print edition?

Paperback and hardcover editions are in preparation. Join the list above to hear first.