Hardcover.

For over a century, the people of Clam Island, Washington, have enjoyed barbecues and baseball games at Summerland, on the Western tip of the island, where it never rains. The small beings-known as ferishers-who ensure this perfect weather, however, are threatened by an ancient enemy, and need a hero-a baseball star, in fact-to vanquish their foe. Summerland is the story of Ethan Feld, the worst ball player in the history of the game, recruited by a hundred-year-old scout called Ringfinger Brown, himself a Negro League Legend. Accompanied by his determined friend, Jennifer T. Rideout, and guided by a friendly werefox, Ethan struggles to defeat giants, bat-winged goblins, and one of the toughest ballclubs in the realms of magic, to save all the Summerlands, and ultimately the world. Summerland creates a whole new universe, an American version of Middle Earth, with legendary beings, monsters, and mythical creatures inhabiting a magical landscape where the powers of the past and the future, of good and evil, are engaged in an elaborate battle.

Sending to my buddy, T1Turtle1, who had his eye on it from our last swap! :)

Came in the mail today! Thank you very much Elly! You always dress your packages up so nicely. :-) I'm looking forward to reading this, I saw it in the ALS and wanteed to read it, but was stolen from me in the game. Thank you, I can't wait to read it.

Finished this book today (March 10). This book was interesting. Not exactly what I was expecting. But I have to say that the author has some imagination. My favorite character in this book besides Ethan was Jennifer T, I enjoyed them in the beginning especially how they interacted with each other. I'm not exactly sure what to say about the book except that you would have to read it to understand. I was never really that into fantasy-type books, but this is defiantly an exception, especially with the underlying themes this book had. In my opinion, this would be fine to read to children, however, it is also an interesting story for anyone else. Thank you so much EllyMae for sending this my way! I'll be sending this to PepperVL as a part of an ALS. I hope you enjoy! :-)

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ETA: While I was reading this on the bus, it was one of those rainy days, anyway, I dropped it in the aisle and left this strange brown spot by the bind, I tried to clean it up as much as I could but the cover befan to peel, so I stopped. The pages aren't affected just that one spot in the book. :-( I put some tape over it so it wouldn't flake off anymore. ;-)

Sent to PepperVL today! Hope you enjoy the book! :-)

This arrived today. Thanks for sending it!

Well, after sitting on this one for over two years, I finally read it.

I was a little hesitant at first as I'm not really into baseball (or any other sport) at all, and it plays very heavily in the book. (I strongly agree with Ethan's opinion of the game at the beginning of the book.) However, they kept the terminology to a minimum, and it really became just a quirky part of the landscape, if you will.

I really liked the way all the legends and myths from different cultures were brought into the Summerlands - it created a hodgepodge of mythology that was uniquely American. The different characters that they met along the way weren't my typical idea of faerie, but they were lots of fun, and I really enjoyed the ride through the Summerlands. :D

Book has arrived. :) Thank you, Pepper!

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