Us Against You (Beartown, #2)

Richard Theo tips off a journalist that Beartown Ice Hockey is coming back with a new woman coach and new sponsor. The rumor is immediately announced, and Theo has Tails, a dear friend of Peter’s and the owner of a grocery store in town, sell “Beartown Against the Rest” t-shirts. He sells out with the hour. The sudden twist of events even inspires Kira, who tells Peter that she will yet again put all her support into his hockey club dream. Peter officially confirms the rumor as news, and a new Beartown Ice Hockey team begins.

Richard Theo continues his behind-the-scenes political work, arranging alliances and future conflicts between politicians. He anonymously instigates heated debate about the allocation of Beartown tax-payer money online, he navigates deals with politicians of his opposing party, all while carefully planning a strategy of how to make “us against them” more than a sports slogan.

Peter makes the rounds to some of the boys’ mothers. Zackell wants Bobo and Amat leading the A-Team, with Benji as the team captain. The A-Team plays with and against grown men, not other teenagers like in the junior leagues.