Boy on Ice: The Life and Death of Derek Boogaard by John Branch

Boy on Ice: The Life and Death of Derek Boogaard

John Branch

384 pages first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction biography sports emotional informative slow-paced
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The tragic death of hockey star Derek Boogaard at twenty-eight was front-page news across the country in 2011 and helped shatter the silence about violence and concussions in professional sports. Now, in a gripping work of narrative nonfiction, ac...

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4.19
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emotional: 90%

informative: 81%

sad: 81%

dark: 36%

reflective: 27%

challenging: 18%

funny: 9%

inspiring: 9%

tense: 9%


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