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''Summerland'' is a 2002 juvenile/young adult novel by [[Michael Chabon]] about a group of young children who seek to save the world by playing [[Serious Business|baseball]]. It interweaves elements of a parallel-universe road trip, [[The Quest]] and a World Series. It is one of the bestselling children's books of all time.▼
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▲'''''Summerland''''' is a 2002 juvenile/young adult novel by [[Michael Chabon]] about a group of young children who seek to save the world by playing [[Serious Business|baseball]]. It interweaves elements of a parallel-universe road trip, [[The Quest]] and a World Series. It is one of the bestselling children's books of all time.
Its less basic premise is this: Summerland is a magical place where the local Little League gathers to play baseball on a perfectly manicured lawn, and the sun is always shining in a flawless blue sky. However, the small beings known as [[The Fair Folk|ferishers]], who ensure this perfect weather, are threatened by an ancient enemy and need a hero—a baseball star, in fact—to vanquish their foe.
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* [[Cool Airship]]: Ethan and his friends carry out their travels in one.
* [[Cool Old Guy]]: Chiron "Ringfinger" Brown.
* [[Do Not Call Me "Paul"]]: Jennifer T. gets irked when people just call her "Jennifer." Or "Jenny."
* [[Eccentric Mentor]]: Chiron "Ringfinger" Brown.
* [[The End of the World as We Know It]]: What Coyote is setting out to achieve.
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* [[Prophecy Twist]]: The Oracular Clam's prophecy is not about Ethan after all; it's about {{spoiler|his father}}.
* [[Prophecies Are Always Right]]: Technically.
* [[The Quest]]: If you strip the book down to its bare bones, this is essentially the plot.▼
* [[Really 700 Years Old]]: Chiron "Ringfinger" Brown is 109 years old, but hasn't aged in decades.
* [[Sadly Mythtaken]]: (taken from the page) ''Summerland'' takes place in a world that cheerily mashes together Native American and Norse mythology. This leads to the reveal, utterly brain-breaking if you know your mythology, that {{spoiler|Coyote Changer}} is also {{spoiler|Loki and the Devil}}. Seriously. (And for its next trick, the rules of the Universe are based on those of baseball.)
* [[Shout-Out]]: Spider Rose is named after Chabon's daughter, Ida-Rose Chabon.
** One scene mentions that Ethan sleeps wearing an extra-large [[Hellboy]] t-shirt. This is likely a [[Shout-Out]] to [[Dark Horse Comics]], who published a comic book spin-off of Chabon's previous novel ''[[The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier
▲* [[The Quest]]: If you strip the book down to its bare bones, this is essentially the plot.
* [[Thinking Up Portals]]: There is a whole subclass of people, called "Shadowtails," who can do this either to teleport from place to place (called "scampering") or to teleport to different worlds on the Lodgepole (called "leaping"). Thor Wignutt turns out to be one, and he uses his power to take himself and his companions to the Summerlands.
* [[Took a Level in Badass]]: Thor.
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