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Title: Summerland by Michael Chabon, William Joyce ISBN: 0786808772 Publisher: Miramax Pub. Date: 17 September, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.74
Rating: 2
Summary: Major league disappointment
Comment: My eight year old daughter and I approached this book with such eagerness, as we both love baseball and magic. On page 115 we made the mutual decision to give up. Michael Chabon is a talented writer for adults but he has no clue how to structure a story for young minds. Characters are fuzzy, the plot is hard to follow, and there's a lot of overwriting. (We kept saying, "Who is he again? Who are the bad guys again? What do they want?" and paging back to find out. By page 115 we still weren't clear, and ceased to care.) The more I read other writers of fiction for young people, the more I appreciate J.K Rowling.
Rating: 4
Summary: Clever, Imaginative Story Telling
Comment: I would have given it five stars if I loved baseball or if this book gave me a love of baseball but I do appreciate the author's, Michael Chabon, intense and passionate love of the game. A book for kids is the perfect follow-up to the wonderful Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Klay and it shows the author's gift for narrative to be as strong as ever and the story moves swiftly and breathlessly. The imaginary worlds he creates in Summerland come as more of a surprise, as they are both fresh and familiar as the same time. It may lack the sense of wonder of the Harry Potters or the complexities of His Dark Materials but it touches elements of both and brings in a little Americanism (reminiscent of Baum) along with it. He has turned the national sport into the stuff of myths and legends and turned the stuff of myths and legends into daily life. It is both a rollicking adventure story and a sweet meditation on story telling with (its only drawback to this non-fan) a lot of baseball. It is truly a modern American fairy tale.
Rating: 5
Summary: SUMMERLAND
Comment: I'm almost through reading this wonderful novel to my 9 year old. He cannot get enough and neither can I of this wonderful mix of fantasy, adventure and folklore. Narnia, Middle Earth, Hogworts and Wind In the willows all mixed together.
Michael Chabon has written a classic. Looking forward to discovering his other works.
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Title: Hoot by Carl Hiaasen ISBN: 0375821813 Publisher: Knopf Pub. Date: 10 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke ISBN: 0439404371 Publisher: Scholastic Pub. Date: 2002 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon ISBN: 0312282990 Publisher: Picador Pub. Date: 2001 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Abarat by Clive Barker ISBN: 0060280921 Publisher: Joanna Cotler Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
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Title: Life of Pi by Yann Martel ISBN: 0151008116 Publisher: Harcourt Pub. Date: 04 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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