num_pages: 368
description: The boys of Kings Row bout with drama rivalry and romance in this original YA novel by The New York Times bestselling author Sarah Rees Brennaninspired by the award-nominated comic series by C.S. Pacat and Johanna The Mad.Sixteen-year-old Nicholas Cox is the illegitimate son of a retired fencing champion who dreams of getting the proper training he could never afford. After earning a place on the elite Kings Row fencing team Nicholas must prove himself to his rival Seiji Katayma and navigate the clashes friendships and relationships between his teammates on the road to state championshipswhere Nicholas might finally have the chance to spar with his golden-boy half-brother.Coach Williams decides to take advantage of the boys' morale after a recent victory and assigns them a course of team building exercises to further deepen their bonds. It takes a shoplifting scandal a couple of moonlit forest strolls several hilariously bad dates and a whole lot of introspection for the team to realize they are stronger together than they could ever be apart.The first installment of this enticing original YA novel series by Sarah Rees Brennan rich with casual diversity and queer self-discovery explores never-before-seen drama inspired by C.S. Pacat's critically acclaimed Fence comic series and boasts original cover and interior art by Johanna The Mad.Text and Illustration copyright:  2020 BOOM! StudiosFence(TM) and  2020 C.S. Pacat
language: English
title: Striking Distance
publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers