No. of pages 512
Published: 2013
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An unforgettable novel 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. Since baseball is the favourite game of American fairies, or `ferishers' as the North American Fairy Folk call themselves, this is necessarily a story of baseball, too. Zeppelins, werefoxes, Indians and Indian mythology, sasquatches, wendigos, Alaska, the haunted 161-year-old husk of George Armstrong Custer, and a boy who thinks he's an android, also figure in the action. Along the way, the hero and heroine find themselves and each other; a band of ferishers triumphs over their ancient enemy and finally find someone new to play baseball against; a widower's heart will heal as his airship conquers the northern sky; and a burned-out Colombian slugger named Rodrigo Buendia will find redemption in discovering, with Ethan Feld and Jennifer T. Rideout, the true nature of heroism.
This book has been graded for interest at 10+ years.
There are 512 pages in this book. This book was published 2013 by HarperCollins Publishers .
Michael Chabon is the bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, A Model World, Wonder Boys and The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay. He lives in California, USA, with his wife, the novelist Ayelet Waldman, and their children.
This book has been nominated for the following award:
The Audies
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