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Beartown parent’s guide: what’s inside
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A note for parents
Beartown is a mature character-driven novel set in a small Swedish hockey town that deals with serious themes including a sexual assault allegation, community corruption, and moral ambiguity. While the story emphasizes resilience and the complexity of right and wrong, the heavy subject matter, trauma, and exploration of how a community fails its vulnerable members make this appropriate for older teens rather than younger readers. The book rewards empathy and critical thinking but requires maturity to process its themes responsibly.
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418 pages ; 24 cm 418 pages ; 24 cm
Shelved under
- Sweden, fiction
- Fiction, sports
- Fiction, humorous
- nyt:hardcover-fiction=2017-05-14
- New York Times bestseller
- Fiction, humorous, general
- Communities -- Fiction
- Hockey players -- Fiction
- Scandals -- Fiction
- Small town life -- Sweden -- Fiction
- Teenagers -- Sweden -- Fiction
- Communities
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ISBN 9781501160769 · Atria Books