Summerland Summerland

Summerland

A Novel

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Publisher Description

From the Pulitzer Prize winning Michael Chabon comes this bestselling novel for readers of all ages that blends fantasy and folklore with that most American coming-of-age ritual: baseball—now in a new edition, with an original introduction by the author.

Ethan Feld is having a terrible summer: his father has moved them to Clam Island, Washington, where Ethan has quickly established himself as the least gifted baseball player the island has ever seen. Ethan’s luck begins to change, however, when a mysterious baseball scout named Ringfinger Brown and a seven-hundred-and-sixty-five-year-old werefox enter his life, dragging Ethan into another world called the Summerlands. But this beautiful, winter-less place is facing destruction at the hands of the villainous Coyote, and it has been prophesized that only Ethan can save it. 

In this cherished modern classic, the New York Times bestselling, Pulitzer Prize winning author brings his masterful storytelling, dexterous plotting, and singularly envisioned characters to a coming-of-age novel for readers of all ages.

GENRE
Fiction & Literature
RELEASED
2016
April 12
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
528
Pages
PUBLISHER
Harper Perennial
SELLER
HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS
SIZE
1.8
MB

Customer Reviews

JoeyTBoss ,

Great Read

I loved this book. I read it in a week and loved it all the way through. Very few slow parts and overall I liked it very much. Hope you do too!😄

urbanhoustonian ,

An Unknown Children’s Classic

I find myself disappointed not to hear Summerland brought up more in conversations about great children’s fiction. This novel is one of the greatest children’s adventures ever written.

Summerland is the perfect book to read at the beginning of a baseball season or a fine summer vacation. This was my second Michael Chabon novel, do also take time to read his Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Klay.

Summerland is a little bit of Odyssey, Field of Dreams and Hobbit rolled into a marvelous tome of baseball and mythology. You will not be sorry for joining the Shadowtails on this incredible adventure.

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