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Summerland is a 2002 fantasy young adult novel by American writer Michael Chabon. It is about young children who save the world from destruction by playing baseball, the central theme and symbol throughout the novel. Summerland weaves elements of a World Series, parallel-universe road trip, and a hero's odyssey.
Apr 12, 2016 · 4.1 412 ratings. See all formats and editions. 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.
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Oct 1, 2002 · Michael Chabon 's Summerland offers a tale both staunchly traditional and boldly imaginative, weaving elements of Norse mythology together with Native American legends, tall tales, and just a dash of science fiction. And baseball... more than anything else, this book is about baseball.
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Mar 8, 2011 · In a strange mashup of baseball and fantasy, Chabon brings us this story in which Ethan, a kid who is arguably the worst baseball player on Clam Island, has to travel to Summerland and put together a winning baseball team to save the world from the evil Coyote.
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Oct 1, 2002 · Michael Chabon. Follow. Summerland Hardcover – Bargain Price, October 1, 2002. by Michael Chabon (Author) 4.1 406 ratings. See all formats and editions. Ethan Feld has never been prone to adventure or attention, especially since he's often ridiculed about his lame baseball playing.
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An unforgettable novel for children from one of America's greatest living storytellers, SUMMERLAND is about redemption and the true nature of heroism. Ethan is a young hero on a quest though the strange world of American Faery.
Summerland is a yarn in the old-fashioned sense of the word — a long, tangled story that interrupts itself with first-person narration, apologetic flashbacks, refresher courses in the form of lectures given by senior characters, and the texts of non-fiction books written by ferisher baseball players and scouting experts of long ago. All ...
