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. |
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Subject: | Hockey stories. Scandals > Fiction. Sweden > Fiction. |
Available copies
- 23 of 25 copies available at Bibliomation.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 25 total copies.
Other Formats and Editions
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Weston Public Library | YA BACKMAN (Text) | 34053145547625 | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Willimantic Public Library | Y BAC (Text) | 34036127031361 | Windham Heights Learning Center | Available | - |
Willimantic Public Library | Y BAC (Text) | 34036144651894 | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Woodbury Public Library | On Order (Text) | acq873451 | Acquisitions | In process | - |
Woodbury Public Library | TEEN FIC BACKMAN (Text) | 34018143900910 | Teen Fiction | Available | - |
Electronic resources
Beartown : A Novel
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Beartown : A Novel
Now an HBO Original Series "You'll love this engrossing novel." -- People Named a Best Book of the Year by LibraryReads , BookBrowse , and Goodreads From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Anxious People, a dazzling and profound novel about a small town with a big dream--and the price required to make it come true. By the lake in Beartown is an old ice rink, and in that ice rink Kevin, Amat, Benji, and the rest of the town's junior ice hockey team are about to compete in the national semi-finals--and they actually have a shot at winning. All the hopes and dreams of this place now rest on the shoulders of a handful of teenage boys. Under that heavy burden, the match becomes the catalyst for a violent act that will leave a young girl traumatized and a town in turmoil. Accusations are made and, like ripples on a pond, they travel through all of Beartown. This is a story about a town and a game, but even more about loyalty, commitment, and the responsibilities of friendship; the people we disappoint even though we love them; and the decisions we make every day that come to define us. In this story of a small forest town, Fredrik Backman has found the entire world.