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Named a Best Book of the Year byLibraryReads,BookBrowse, andGoodreads

From the #1New York Timesbestselling author ofAnxious People,a dazzling and profound novel about a small town with a big dreamand 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 towns junior ice hockey team are about to compete in the national semi-finalsand 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