My favorite Swedish author, Fredrik Backman wrote a sequel to Beartown called Us Against Them. This book continues the story about the hockey team in Beartown. Although hockey is the structure of the plot the story isn't about the sport. They story is about the players, their families, the supporters, the coaches and the fans. The story is about regular people leading regular lives. Children go to school. Parents go to work. The Beartown hockey team has a new coach and only 3 remaining players. Most of the team left to join the nearby town team in the first book. A team supporter arranges things so that a former hockey player can be released from juvenile detention to play this year. As the match between the two teams approaches, community members start pulling pranks on the opposing team. The tension between the teams mounts. I thought this book was an interesting drama about a community. Benji was my favorite character.
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