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Michael chabon has an amazing feel for all the fantasy that goes on in the book.
Once mr. Footstep is an amazing book. It is worth buying even i have read it mor than twice. The above synopsis is a good indication of the complexity of the novel.
Ethan brown is recruited by the fairies to help shore up their baseball team. The fairies tell him about the lodgepole, which will save the world from coyote. The book is based on the life of ethan brown.
Summerland is a magical place where a local little league gathers to play baseball on a perfectly manicured lawn. The sun is always shining in a flawless blue sky. Summerland has some pretty graphic details including eating werewolves and having blood... Read More
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Quality
The name makes my tongue tickle with the sweet joy of reading it
Welcome to the month graced with the edgeofyourexcitement of the mlb playoffs
In essence summerland is a youngadult story written at the level of adults it would probably only resonate with the more advan... Read More
Chabon i suppose i should not be too surprised
Competitiveness
They transition from a ragtag group of players to a team worthy of saving the world
The ferishers recruit ethan feld possibly the worst ballplayer in the history of the league
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- This product had a total of 238 reviews as of our last analysis date on Sep 30 2022.
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An evil opposing pitcher overcome by accepting the pain and just swinging the bat
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I can see that the novel is not for everyone and that it is caught in a crevice between young adult and just plain adult fiction
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If you dont get all the many references to mythology of all kinds baseball word play and satire of the business world youre left with just a silly plot
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Liked the premise very much but the execution was sometimes disappointing
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I enjoyed reading this but i had trouble keeping up with what was going on plus i dont understand baseball and was totally lost there
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Seems like chabon assumed you knew what was unwritten
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I listened to an audiobook version read by the author
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Take that context throw in a love letter to baseball and youve got the gist of this book
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