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]
- Copyright: ©2016
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. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Hockey stories. Scandals > Fiction. Sweden > Fiction. |
Available copies
- 23 of 25 copies available at Bibliomation.
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- 0 current holds with 25 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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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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Author Notes
Beartown : A Novel
Carl Fredrik Backman is a Swedish columnist who grew up in Helsingborg. He has been writing for Helsingborgs Dagblad and Moore Magazine. He debuted in 2012 with the novel A Man Called Ove. He is also the author of My grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry. Both were number one bestsellers in his native Sweden and have been published around the world in more than twenty-five languages. His title's, Beartown and Us Against You, made The New York Times Best Seller List. (Bowker Author Biography)
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