Summerland
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Summerland (2002)

Michael Chabon

Others: Leaning positive

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.

ISBN:
9780062418081
Length:
506 pages

Genres: fantasy, science fiction

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Reviews2

jessethereader
Mixed

I ended up not liking the way executed unfortunately because I felt like with the magical aspect of this book that anything could happen and I'm personally someone who kind of like some kind of limits when it comes to fantastical elements but this book was like nah I do what I want when I want and your boy the reader just wasn't about that life but to throw in a positive because I'm all about that positivity up in here on this channel I will say that I love the writing style it was poetic and whimsical and flowery and over-the-top just the way I like it