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Beartown : a novel  Cover Image Book Book

Beartown : a novel / Fredrik Backman ; translated by Neil Smith.

Record details

  • ISBN: 150116077X
  • ISBN: 9781501160776
  • ISBN: 9781501160776 : PAP
  • ISBN: 150116077X : PAP
  • ISBN: 9781501160776
  • ISBN: 150116077X
  • Physical Description: 418 pages ; 21 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Washington Square Press/Atria, [2018]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes a Readers Club Guide.
Summary, etc.:
"Winning a junior ice hockey championship might not mean a lot to the average person, but it means everything to the residents of Beartown, a community slowly being eaten alive by unemployment and the surrounding wilderness. A victory like this would draw national attention to the ailing town: it could attract government funding and an influx of talented athletes who would choose Beartown over the big nearby cities. A victory like this would certainly mean everything to Amat, a short, scrawny teenager who is treated like an outcast everywhere but on the ice; to Kevin, a star player just on the cusp of securing his golden future in the NHL; and to Peter, their dedicated general manager whose own professional hockey career ended in tragedy. At first, it seems like the team might have a shot at fulfilling the dreams of their entire town. But one night at a drunken celebration following a key win, something happens between Kevin and the general manager's daughter--and the next day everything seems to have changed. Accusations are made and, like ripples on a pond, they travel through all of Beartown, leaving no resident unaffected. With so much riding on the success of the team, the line between loyalty and betrayal becomes difficult to discern. At last, it falls to one young man to find the courage to speak the truth that it seems no one else wants to hear."- Provided by publisher.
Awards Note:
Nutmeg Award Nominee, High School, 2020.
Subject: Hockey stories.
Scandals > Fiction.
Sweden > Fiction.

Available copies

  • 22 of 25 copies available at Bibliomation.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 25 total copies.
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New Milford Public Library TZ BACKM (Text) 34021130827328 Teen Fiction Available -
Newfield Branch - Bridgeport YA BACKMAN (Text) 34000090056649 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Oliver Wolcott Library - Litchfield YA FIC BAC (Text) 36123145810360 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Oxford Public Library YAH FIC BAC Nutmeg (Text) 33530144382436 Nutmeg Award Available -
Somers Public Library FIC BAC (Text) 34042137152601 Adult Fiction Available -
Somers Public Library YA FIC BAC (Text) 34042145487155 Teen Fiction Available -
Stafford Library YA FIC BACKMAN 2020 HIGH SCHOOL NUTMEG NOMINEE (Text) 34061145503654 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Tolland Public Library YA BAC (Text) 34051144582841 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Tolland Public Library YA BAC (Text) 34051144582858 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Tourtellotte Memorial High School [FIC] BAC (Text) 34065094643981 Fiction Available -

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586 . ‡aNutmeg Award Nominee, High School, 2020.
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