TY - BOOK AU - Backman,Fredrik AU - Smith,Neil TI - Us against you SN - 9780718186609 (pbk) U1 - 839.738 23 PY - 2018/// CY - London PB - Michael Joseph KW - Social conflict KW - Fiction KW - Competition (Psychology) KW - City and town life KW - Sweden KW - Communities KW - Hockey players KW - Sports KW - Relationships KW - Hockey teams KW - Sports fiction KW - lcgft KW - gsafd N1 - "Originally published in Sweden in 2017 as "Vi mot er" by Bokforlager Forum." -- Title page verso; General N2 - 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 ER -