Fence: Striking Distance

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Brennan, Sarah Rees, author. | Pacat, C.S. Fence. | Johanna The Mad, illustrator.

Title: Fence: striking distance : an original novel / by Sarah Rees Brennan ; based on the Fence comics created by C.S. Pacat and Johanna The Mad.

Other titles: Striking distance

Description: First edition. | New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2020. | Audience: Ages 14+. | Summary: “The boys of Kings Row are assigned a course of team building exercises to deepen their bonds. It takes a shoplifting scandal, a couple of moonlit forest strolls, and a whole lot of introspection for the team to realize they are stronger together than they could ever be apart.”—Provided by publisher.

Identifiers: LCCN 2020005647 | ISBN 9780316456678 (paperback) | ISBN 9780316456661 (ebook) | ISBN 9780316456685 (ebook other)

Subjects: CYAC: Interpersonal relations—Fiction. | Boarding schools—Fiction. | Schools—Fiction. | Fencing—Fiction. | Gays—Fiction.

Classification: LCC PZ7.B751645 Fen 2020 | DDC [Fic]—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020005647

ISBNs: 978-0-316-45667-8 (pbk.), 978-0-316-45666-1 (ebook)

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