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"From the New York Times bestselling author of A Man Called Ove, My Grandmother Asked Me To Tell You She's Sorry, and Britt-Marie Was Here, comes a poignant, charming novel about a forgotten town fractured by scandal, and the amateur hockey team that might just change everything. 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...
2) Ice magic
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Pie Pennelli hockey troubles--his hand-me-down skates are too big and a teammate is hassling him--increase when his neighbors find an antique hockey game they claim can predict every play Pie's team will make.
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"Maya Andersson and Benji Ovich, two young people who left in search of a life far from the forest town, come home and joyfully reunite with their closest childhood friends. There is a new sense of optimism and purpose in the town, embodied in the impressive new ice rink that has been built down by the lake. Two years have passed since the events that no one wants to think about. Everyone has tried to move on, but there's something about this place...
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"As a big hockey match approaches, the not-so-innocent pranks between the communities of Beartown and Hed pile up, leading to the death of a local resident. The people of both towns are forced to wonder if the game they love can ever return to something simple and honest." --
5) Broken ice
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"Nils Shapiro has been hired to find missing Linnea Engstrom, a teenager from the small northern hockey town of Warroad, MN. Most of Warroad is in Minneapolis for the state high school hockey tournament, and Linnea never returned from last night's game. Linnea's friend Haley Housch is also missing--and soon found dead. Shot through the arm with an arrow at the Haley Housch crime scene, only the quick work of medical examiner Char Northagen saves...
7) Face-off
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English
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Although he loves the game, a young hockey player discovers he is handicapped while playing by his fear of the puck.
10) Penalty shot
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Little, Brown
Pub. Date
[1997]
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English
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Jeff, already worried about losing his place on the hockey team because of low grades, suddenly finds himself the victim of sabotage in the form of forged papers.
11) Power play
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Viking
Pub. Date
1992.
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English
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Seventh grader Derrick Larson is good enough at hockey to play on the ninth grade team, but if he does he will leave his friends behind.
12) Hockey hero
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Tundra Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
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English
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"A heart-warming, intergenerational story about an awkward young boy who finds his hockey chutzpah at a PeeWee tournament. Tommy goes from timid observer to essential player - as we readers cheer him on! Illustrated by Zachary Pullen whose inimitable style blends perfectly with Zachary Hyman's inspiring text." --
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The Acorn Press
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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Hockey Morning, Noon and Night is a warm, light-hearted story about one little boy's love of the game. Based on her seven-year-old son's real-life obsession with hockey, author Doretta Groenendyk has created a delightful book for young budding stars, with bright, colourful ink and acrylic illustrations. Pepper is a seven-year-old boy who tries to incorporate hockey into everything he does: eating, drawing, music, visits with friends, stories-- even...
17) Backup goalie
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Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
[2008]
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English
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Jamie, the captain and star forward of the Comets hockey team, thinks everything is perfect. His two best friends, Jill and Brett, are amazing players too. The team is bound for the state championship. But when Jill is told she can't play on the boys' team anymore, and Brettt is hurt during a match, everything starts to fall apart. To make matters even worse, Jamie is pulled from his position to fill Brett's place at goal. Can Jamie make the adjustment...
19) Dino-hockey
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The meat-eating dinosaurs challenge the plant-eating dinosaurs to a hockey match.
20) Goodnight hockey
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"A young fan cheers on his hometown hockey team, and then returns home to snuggle into bed." --