Summerland
Author: Michael Chabon
Original language: English
Published: October 2002
Publishers: Hyperion / Miramax
ISBN13: 9780786808779
Price: € 13.95 (HC)
Age: 10 - 15 years
Our book of the week is a somewhat older book, Summerland. The book is written by an acclaimed author of adult literature, winner of the Pulitzer Prize: Michael Chabon. In between novels he occasionally writes fantastic children's books. So this week we want to put such a book in the spotlight. How about an eleven year old boy who is the worst baseball player ever, but must save the world with a magic baseball bat anyway? Awesome!
This book is written with so much momentum, fantasy and humor that it was immediately an unprecedented bestseller for teenagers in the United States, with a 1st print of 250,000 copies. Our teenage readers also thoroughly enjoyed this book! If it were possible we would give it five stars, but alas.
3 brilliant stars for Summerland, from the mini-monsters and the readers!