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| Original Title: | Summerland |
| ISBN: | 0606292551 (ISBN13: 9780606292559) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Literary Awards: | Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature (2003) |
Michael Chabon
Hardcover | Pages: 500 pages Rating: 3.55 | 11187 Users | 1144 Reviews
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| Title | : | Summerland |
| Author | : | Michael Chabon |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 500 pages |
| Published | : | March 1st 2004 by Turtleback Books (first published 2002) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Fiction. Young Adult. Sports. Baseball |
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Summerland is the story of a young hero on a quest through the strange world of the American Faery. This is a fantasy for readers of all ages, set against the background of the American myth. The Clam Island fairies are in grave peril. War is coming, another battle in an ancient conflict. When the band sends for a champion, they get an 11 year-old boy named Ethan Feld. He hates baseball and wants to quit his losing team, but Jennifer T. Rideout loves baseball and won't let him quit. The two find themselves on a journey that includes zeppelins, werefoxes, Indian mythology, sasquatches, wendigos, and the haunted 161 year old husk of George Armstrong Custer. Finally Ethan becomes who he is: a changeling, a hero, and even a man. - Publisher StatementRating Epithetical Books Summerland
Ratings: 3.55 From 11187 Users | 1144 ReviewsCriticize Epithetical Books Summerland
(A review from 2002 and the Washington Post, written before Coraline was published.)It is possible to look at the growth of the phenomenon of crossover fiction essentially, Childrens or Young Adult fiction which is enjoyed and consumed in quantity by adults in several different ways. You could view it as a sad symptom of the creeping infantilisation of the culture. You could see it as a triumph of marketing. Or, more optimistically, you could view it as a need by adults for Story, withoutI had some problems with the writing style of this book, and it had a convoluted plot, but I did sort of fall in love with this fantasy book. I love kids lit and Im a baseball fan, so this was right up my alley. He really knows baseball and my favorite part in the book was the comment about the designated hitter; for me that alone was worth the read.
The perfect love child of Shoeless Joe and American Gods, and one of the best tween-age novels I've ever read. This is the first of Michael Chabon's books that I've read, but it's obvious on every page that he isn't a "children's author," but simply a great writer who decided to write a children's book. Better than merely utilitarian, Chabon's language is a joy to read: accessible enough that my then-9 year old stepson enjoyed it, yet I was kept on my toes by the rich, sharp imagery and
The description sounds good, eh? I read this aloud to the kids. About a hundred pages in I started having misgivings. I did not enjoy this book. But the kids would've been out of sorts had I not finished it (they'll listen to almost anything). I don't really have anything good to say about this book. While I've read other books by the author and really liked them, this one counts as a FAIL. (For the record, my wife really enjoyed it.) Here's what I didn't like about it:a) the writing style: too
I admit that, as a grown-up who's not a baseball fan, I am not this book's target audience. However, I really enjoyed the American take on faerie and folklore mixed with older traditions, and the way Chabon mythologizes baseball. By the end there are almost too many characters to keep track of, but I loved Jennifer T. Rideout so much. Now I'm imagining the Shadowtails vs. Tolkien's Fellowship baseball game...
name a writing gimmick that is used in fantasy, particularly young adult fantasy, and i'm sure it was employed here. an alternate reality that is tied to our reality that explains all the mythological and fantastical characters in our collective mythos? yes. time works differently in this world, so you can be there and be gone for a lifetime or only a few minutes or SHOCK even go back in time? yes. a powerful nemesis who is actually the embodiment of every known evil since the beginning of time,
Listened to this with the kids on the road to New York--I'd listened to it on my own years ago, and have waited for the time when they were old enough, into baseball enough, etc. I bought it for other kids. But as Cubs fans say, "THIS [was] the year." The kids loved it: fairies AND sports?! Best of all possibles. Chabon does well reading, too, even with such a long book (12 discs). Don't know how old you have to be to read it in paper; I keep buying it in paper and then giving it away before I
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