Summerland (novel)

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Summerland
Author Michael Chabon
Cover Artist William Joyce
Country United States
Language English
Genre(s) Fantasy
Publisher Miramax (part of Hyperion)
Released September 17, 2002
Media Type Print (Hardcover and Paperback) and audio-CD
Pages 500 (hardcover edition)
Size and Weight 8.6 x 5.7 x 1.6 inches, 1.6 pounds (hardcover edition)
ISBN ISBN 0-7868-0877-2 (hardcover edition)

Summerland, by Michael Chabon (The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, Wonder Boys, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh), is a fantasy about young children saving the world from evil by playing baseball, the central theme and symbol throughout the novel. Often touted as a Native American version of The Chronicles of Narnia, Summerland weaves elements of a World Series, parallel-universe road trip, and a hero's odyssey into a story read by both children and adults. Not only for baseball and Chabon fans, Summerland is a work from an author that is not known for fantasy stories.

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