Beartown
By Fredrik Backman
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ISBN: 9780718186579
Themes: realistic fiction moral dilemma Society Community Friendship
Preface
Beartown is a hockey town in the nestled in the forests of Sweden.
The inhabitants of Beartown are preparing for the game of the season, The Beartown Ice Hockey Club’s junior team is in the semi-final of the biggest youth tournament in the country. To the people of Beartown the love of hockey is as natural as breathing.
When news of a violent and sickening act breaks shortly before the final of the hockey match the citizen of Beartown will be divided. Whose word do they believe and what will it mean for the hopes of the town and several of the key friendships within it when people fall on different sides of the debate.
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