Fence striking distance6/11/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Two sets of relationships are central to the novel. She wants her players to know each other and trust each other, but personality conflicts and secrets will be major obstacles to achieving this goal. Coach Williams believes that in order to reach their potential, her fencers must stop hyper-focusing on their own individual development and must instead work on team building. The four main characters - Nicholas, Seiji, Aiden, and Harvard - are all members of the Kings Row fencing team, and their coach is committed to bringing her team to the level of greatness it deserves. In Fence: Striking Distance, Sarah Rees Brennan takes some typical teen story tropes and gives them a much needed “zhuzh.” It’s hip, it’s funny, and its four main characters have interesting, complicated relationships that feed the plot.įence: Striking Distance takes place during the first months of the school year at an elite, all-male boarding school known as Kings Row. I know she has reviewed the original series of graphic novels upon which it is based, and I just want to say again THANK YOU FOR THIS! I had never heard of the series or this author before, but I am definitely in for the follow up, which is due out this May. This YA novel came to me courtesy of fellow Cannonballer CoffeeShop Reader, who sent it as part of the 2020 Holiday Book Exchange. This is an original novel based on C.S.Pacat’s Fence comic series, illustrated by Johanna The Mad. ![]()
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