Summerland, Michael Chabon
Summerland, Michael Chabon
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Summerland
A Novel

Author: Michael Chabon

Narrator: Michael Chabon

Unabridged: 15 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 04/12/2016

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included

Synopsis

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.

About Michael Chabon

Michael Chabon is the bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Moonglow and The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, among many others. He lives in Berkeley, California with his wife, the novelist Ayelet Waldman, and their children.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Neil on May 22, 2011

(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, Children’s or Young Adult fiction which is enjoyed and consumed in quantity by adults – in several different ways. You coul......more

Goodreads review by Benjamin on February 10, 2017

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 b......more

Goodreads review by Mbgirl on February 04, 2018

Convoluted! I desire to give this 500 pg hardbound book away....to a child who LOVES baseball, and who doesn't mind fantasy. This was def the wrong choice of book for the first Chabon book I've ever read. But I am stubborn, and thought I could get into the story given I was educated as to Chabon's h......more

Goodreads review by Joe on January 28, 2008

Imagine Lord of the Rings if the characters stopped every couple days to play baseball. Working within an amalgamation of Norse, Greek, and Native American mythology as well as American tall tales, Chabon tells a not atypical coming-of-age/quest story tied inextricably to baseball. Baseball, as it tu......more

Goodreads review by Mattia on June 17, 2019

Video review My review might sound slightly tongue-in-cheek but, make no mistake, there are still a couple of sentences in here that completely tear me up and are well worth the elven baseball extravaganza.......more

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