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 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. The ferishers recruit Ethan Feld, possibly the worst ballplayer in the history of the league. No one is more surprised than Ethan at their choice, but their faith spurs him on. Accompanied by his determined friend Jennifer T. Rideout and a motley crew of creatures that includes everything from a Sasquatch to a werefox, Ethan struggles to defeat giants, bat-winged goblins, and one of the toughest ball clubs in the realms of magic to save the Summerlands -- and, ultimately, the world. Book jacket. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.

Following the death of his mother, a boy moves with this father to an island, where a mystical baseball scout recruits him for a special mission and escorts him through a gateway to a series of interconnected worlds. In a starred review, PW said that the author "hits a high-flying home run, creating a vivid fantasy where baseball is king." All ages. (Mar.) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. From: Reed Elsevier Inc. Copyright Reed Business Information

Base 1
1 The Worst Ballplayer in the History of Clam Island, Washington	3
2 A Hot Prospect	36
3 A Whistled-up Wind	61
4 The Middling	98
5 Escape	124
Base 2
6 Thor's Crossing	153
7 The Eighteenth Giant Brother	163
8 Taffy	172
9 A Game of Catch	180
10 Mr. Feld in the Winterlands	202
11 The Herald	228
12 The Royal Traitor	236
13 The Housebreakers of Dandelion Hill	251
14 A Mother's Tears	263
15 Grim	273
16 A Rat in the Walls	292
17 The Research of Mr. Feld	302
18 On Three Reubens Field	310
Base 3
19 The Lost Camps	329
20 Rancho Encantado	365
21 Jennifer T. and the Wormhole	381
22 The Bottom-Cat	402
23 The Conquest of Outlandishton	416
24 Applelawn	429
25 A Game of Worlds	455
Home
Epilogue: Life, the World, and Baseball, in the Days After the Flood	477

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