Us against you
a novel
Readers rate it 4.3 (367 on Hardcover)
435 pages · Released 2018 · Atria Books
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Us Against You is a character-driven sports novel about community, resilience, and redemption set in a Swedish hockey town. While primarily focused on hockey competition and personal growth, the book deals with darker themes including past trauma, bullying, and violence that emerged in the previous book in the series (Beartown), making it more suitable for older teens. The story rewards kindness and understanding even amid rivalry, though some of the subject matter is emotionally weighty.
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A small community tucked deep in the forest, Beartown is home to tough, hardworking people who don't expect life to be easy or fair. No matter how difficult times get, they've always been able to take pride in their local ice hockey team. So it's a cruel blow when they hear that Beartown ice hockey might soon be disban... A small community tucked deep in the forest, Beartown is home to tough, hardworking people who don't expect life to be easy or fair. No matter how difficult times get, they've always been able to take pride in their local ice hockey team. So it's a cruel blow when they hear that Beartown ice hockey might soon be disbanded. What makes it worse is the obvious satisfaction that all the former Beartown players, who now play for a rival team in the neighboring town of Hed, take in that fact. As the tension mounts between the two adversaries, a newcomer arrives who gives Beartown hockey a surprising new coach and a chance at a comeback.
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- Hockey teams
- Fiction
- Fiction, sports
- Sweden, fiction
- nyt:hardcover-fiction=2018-06-24
- New York Times bestseller
- Hockey stories
- City and town life
- FICTION / Literary
- FICTION / Sports
- Competition (Psychology)
- Strong Character Development
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ISBN 9781501160790 · Atria Books