num_pages: 500
description: An unforgettable novel 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.
language: English
title: Summerland
titlecomplete: Summerland
genres: Adventure, Fantasy, Childrens, Young Adult, Novels, Middle Grade, Science Fiction Fantasy, Sports, Fiction, Baseball
ratings_count: 12207
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Mythopoeic Fantasy Award
category: Children's Literature
publisher: HarperPerennial