fencing

The only thing sixth grader Lucy has in common with her eighth grader sister GiGi is their interest in fencing, and they haven't been able to get along ever since their dad died. On the first day of school, GiGi humiliates Lucy, and Lucy challenges her to a duel. As the sisters prepare for their fencing bout, the girls must come to terms with their grief and the effect it has had on their relationship.

Sixth grader Lucy is brand-new to middle school, and when her older sister GiGi--the undisputed queen bee of eighth grade--humiliates her in the cafeteria, Lucy snaps and challenges her to a fenncing duel.

"The boys of Kings Row are off to a training camp in France! The team will have to face superior fencers, ex-boyfriends, expulsion, and even Nicholas's golden boy and secret half-brother, the infamous Jesse Coste"--.

A graphic novel adaptation of Alexandre Dumas's classic tale about a young Frenchman, D'Artagnan, who travels to Paris in order to join the King's elite fighting force and comes under the influence of three of the Musketeers, Athos, Porthos, and Aramis.

A biography of American fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad, who was the first Muslim-American woman to earn an Olympic medal.

Suspended unjustly from elite Middlefield Prep, Donte Ellison studies fencing with a former champion, hoping to put the racist fencing team captain in his place.

"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.

"Just as Nicholas, Seiji and the fencing team at the prodigious Kings Row private school seem to be coming together, a deadly rival from their past stands in their way once more. MLC is the school that knocked Kings Row out of the State Championships last year--but unless Nicholas and Seiji can learn to work together as a team, their school is doomed once again! And maybe those two can learn to be something more than teammates..."--Back cover.

Sparks fly white-hot on the pitch as Nicholas and Seiji finally face off once again. It's a match that will change King's Row (and both of them!) forever, and set the stage as the team journeys to face their bitter rivals and prove themselves once and for all.

Tryouts are well underway at King's Row for a spot on the prodigious fencing team, and scrappy fencer Nicholas isn't sure he's going to make the grade in the face of surly upperclassmen, nearly impossibly odds, and his seemingly unstoppable roommate, the surly, sullen Seiji Katayama. It'll take more than sheer determination to overcome a challenge this big!.