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"The ferishers, little creatures who ensure perfect weather for Summerland, recruit Ethan Feld, one of history's worst baseball players, to help them in their struggle to save Summerland, and ultimately the world, from giants, goblins, and other legendary, terrible creatures."
"When Summerland, an area known for its perfect weather and controlled by tiny beings known as ferishers, is threatened by an ancient enemy, they enlist the aid of baseball player Ethan Feld, who sets out to vanquish giants, goblins, and a magical ball club."@en
"In Summerland, his first novel for young readers, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Chabon attempts an American Narnia. Inspired by Lewis and Tolkien, he's created his own magical landscape on which to paint a sweeping fantasy quest, but mixes the same ingredients--folklore and new inventions--in a distinctively American way. The plot is simple and pure, but takes a long time to tell. The setting is Clam Island, Washington, specifically the area on the western tip of the island known as the Summerlands, which enjoys zero rainfall and yearlong fine weather. Ethan Feld, a self-described really bad ball player, is recruited by a 100-year-old scout called Mr. Chiron "Ringfinger" Brown. Ethan is needed to help the ferishers, essentially fairies, to save their world from eradication. On the great infinite tree of worlds, Summerland is on the boundary between two such worlds, and a particularly destructive fairy called Coyote and his band of warriors are nearby and threatening to destroy everything. Heroes are desperately needed to counter this threat, and their journey involves a lot of baseball, but also encounters with giants, bat-winged goblins, sea monsters, and assorted cunning magic. The novel features an ensemble cast of equal parts that shine and fade in turn, and yet the undoubtedly fine writing fails to mask the enormity and complexities of the world in which they travel, and the bad guys getting their comeuppance always seems so far away. Readers need to savor every word in Summerland to extract the best flavors from it. (Ages 10 and older.)."@en
"An unforgettable novel from one of America's greatest living storytellers, 'Summerland' is about redemption and the true nature of heroism."@en
"You better be ready kid, said a voice just behind him. Pretty soon now you going to get the call. Ethan looked behind him and on the other side of low chain-lonk fence that separated the ball field from the spectator area leaned a dark little man with bright green eyes. He was an old man, with white hair pulled back into a ponytail and a big, intelligent nose. His skin was the color of a well-oiled baseball glove. The expression on his face was half mocking and half annoyed, as if he had been disappointed to catch Ethan napping, but not surprised. There was something in his face that said he knew Ethan Feld."
"Ethan Feld, the worst baseball player in the history of the game, finds himself recruited by a 100-year-old scout to help a band of fairies triumph over an ancient enemy."@en
"Ethan Feld, the worst baseball player in the history of the game, finds himself recruited by a 100-year-old scout to help a band of fairies triumph over an ancient enemy."
"Ethan Feld, the worst baseball player in the history of the game, finds himself recruited by a 100yearold scout to help a band of fairies triumph over an ancient enemy"

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"Fantasy fiction, American"@en
"Children's stories"@en
"Children's stories"
"Juvenile works"
"Juvenile works"@en
"Fantasy & magical realism (Children's/YA) (Children's)"@en
"Electronic books"@en
"Fiction"
"Fiction"@en
"Juvenile materials"
"Fantasy fiction"@en
"Fantasy fiction"

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"Hē chōra tou kalokairiou"
"Sommerland"
"Sammœ̄lǣn = Summerland"
"Summerland"@it
"Summerland"@en
"Summerland"
"Kesämaa"@fi
"Sommerland : Roman"
"Summerland a novel"
"Sommerland Roman"
"Zomerland"
"Summerland : a novel"

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