Us Against You

Us Against You is the 2018 sequel to Beartown by Fredrik Backman.

Official Summary
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. But no matter how difficult times get, they've always been able to take pride in their local hockey team. So it's a cruel blow when they learn 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. Soon, a team starts to rake shape around Amat, the fastest player you'll ever see; Benji, the intense lone wolf; always dutiful and eager-to-please Bobo; and Vidar, a born-to-be-bad troublemaker. But bringing the team together proves to be a challenge as old bonds are broken, new ones are formed, and the tension between the towns continues to simmer.

As the big game approaches, the not-so-innocent pranks and incidents between the communities pile up and their mutual contempt intensifies. By the time the last goal is scored, a resident of Beartown will be dead, and the people of both towns are forced to wonder if, after everything, the game they love can ever return to something as simple as a sheet of ice, two nets, and two teams. Us against you.

1: It's Going to Be Someone's Fault
The story begins with a resident from Beartown summarizing the events from the first book.