Haunting at Home Plate vs Summerland: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Haunting at Home Plate Haunting at Home Plate David Patneaude · 2000 ★★★★☆ 3.8 181 pages · ≈ 3 h 21 m · Light

After they hear stories about their baseball field being haunted by the ghost of a boy who died there many years ago, twelve-year-old Nelson and his teammates start finding mysterious messages written in the dirt.

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Cover of Summerland Summerland Michael Chabon · 2002 ★★★★☆ 3.8 500 pages · ≈ 9 h 16 m · Light

Ethan Feld, the worst baseball player in the history of the game, finds himself recruited by a 100-year-old scout to help a band of fairies triumph over an ancient enemy.

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The verdict

How to choose

Scores by source

Haunting at Home PlateSummerland
Hardcover — 3.6 (36)
Apple Books — 4.0 (22)

Reception

Haunting at Home PlateSummerland
Ratings 1 36
Editions 11 26
Film adaptations — 1
Wikipedia attention — 514
Pages 181 500

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