This strikingly original novel by Pulitzer Prize-winning author
Michael Chabon will transport readers on a fantastic journey into
strange worlds. Ethan, the central character, is made miserable by
his inability to fulfil his father's dreams of winning at baseball.
Ethan feels ashamed that he is letting everyone on his team down
and so it is with amazement that he learns that he has been chosen
by the little people to save the world. He receives a visit from a
strange creature, Cutbelly the werewolf, who has been sent to lead
him across into another world (there are four altogether) where he
must meet with the fairies or 'ferishers'. These are the neighbours
who inhabit another Summerland and who are under threat from the
terrible Coyote - the devil himself, determined to cut the four
worlds apart and bring an end to the Story of the universe. Ethan,
they say, has been chosen to help them. To prove his destiny, they
call upon the prophecy of the bizarre Johnny Speakwater, the
oracular clam. The characters in this tale are breathtakingly
original, sometimes funny, sometimes strange and scary. All have
wonderful, onomatopoeic names; there are skrikers and graylings,
shaggurts and stormbangers and frost giants, all vital players in
the ever-changing landscape. Spectacular and enthralling, this is
an adventure story with a serious dimension that never detracts
from the gripping narrative. Adults and children alike will love
it. Ages 9+ (Kirkus UK)
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. 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.
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