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MAN I really liked this book! It was better in the middle than the end, but that's okay, that might be how I feel about all kid-goes-on-a-magical-journey, Joseph Campbell type stuff.
So! The storyline was familiar, as I already sort of alluded to above. But I didn't mind, because the writing is clever, the ideas are cute, and the characters were likeable, and not too cliche'. Most importantly, the story was FUN. Hooray for Summerland and also for baseball!
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So! The storyline was familiar, as I already sort of alluded to above. But I didn't mind, because the writing is clever, the ideas are cute, and the characters were likeable, and not too cliche'. Most importantly, the story was FUN. Hooray for Summerland and also for baseball!
Everyone who liked Harry Potter should re ...more
Jan 14, 2008
Shannon
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it was amazing
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I loved this book! Jason and I came across it while looking in the juvenile fiction section for books that would be a little more challenging for Anna. I read The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by the same author a few years ago and enjoyed it, so I was intrigued. I requested it from the library and decided I would read it before Anna to make sure it was appropriate (and because it sounded good). I think the reading level and length (it's 500 pages) may be a bit much for Anna right now, b
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Like an American Narnia. Very readable.
I really enjoyed this -- it is both a modern and an old-fashioned fairy tale all woven around the feeling of a leisurely game of baseball on a summer day. Really enjoyable and imaginative.
