Pacat, C. S.
Summary: En Garde! Excitement is in the air as Nicholas and his friends celebrate their prestigious invitation to the Halverton Training Camp. But they soon find themselves pushed to their limits as they come face-to-face with the best teams in the country. Will a new addition to the opposing team help Nicholas awaken the fighting spirit he needs to prevail? And what will it mean for his friendship with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: BOOM! Box 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA FIC PACRhodes, Jewell Parker
Summary: "Sometimes, 12-year-old Donte wishes he were invisible. As one of the few black boys at Middlefield prep, most of the students don't look like him. They don't like him either. Dubbing him "Black Brother," Donte's teachers and classmates make it clear they wish he were more like his lighter-skinned brother, Trey. When he's bullied and framed by the captain of the fencing team, "King" Alan, he's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J PA FIC RHOPacat, C. S.
Summary: "Scrappy fencer Nicholas Cox comes to the end of his path to prove himself worthy of a father he never knew in the face of surly upperclassmen, nearly impossible odds, and the talent of his rival, sullen fencing prodigy, Seiji Katayama. Sparks fly white-hot on the pitch as Nicholas and Seiji finally face off once again in the halls of King's Row. It's a match that will change King's Row (and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Boom! Box 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA FIC PACCohen, Richard
Summary: Napoleon fenced. So did Shakespeare, Karl Marx, Grace Kelly, and President Truman, who would cross swords with Bess after school. Lincoln was a canny dueler. Ignatius Loyola challenged a man to a duel for denying Christ's divinity (and won). Less successful, but no less enthusiastic, was Mussolini, who would tell his wife he was "off to get spaghetti," their code to avoid alarming the children....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.86 COHPacat, C. S.
Summary: Nicholas Cox is determined to prove himself in the world of competitive fencing, and earn his place on the Kings Row fencing team, alongside sullen fencing prodigy, Seiji Katayama, to win the right to go up against his golden-boy half-brother.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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Summary: "Framed. Bullied. Disliked. But I know I can still be the best. Sometimes, 12-year-old Donte wishes he were invisible. As one of the few black boys at Middlefield Prep, most of the students don't look like him. They don't like him either. Dubbing him "Black Brother," Donte's teachers and classmates make it clear they wish he were more like his lighter-skinned brother, Trey. When he's bullied...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC RHOSowerby, Andrew.
Summary: Covers fencing techniques in a logical progression, from the absolute beginner to the advanced competition fencer. Fully illustrated with photographs showing technique sequences, correct positions, and competition situations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crowood 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.86 SOWCheris, Elaine.
Summary: "Fencing: Steps to Success" covers all of the essential skills of the epee and foil forms of fencing. This book will serve as the perfect training guide for less experienced fencers and students of fencing, as well as a valuable reference for instructors of this highly technical sport. One of the most recognized fencing figures in the United States, author Elaine Cheris shares her expertise as...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Human Kinetics 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.86 CHEPacat, C. S.
Summary: "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. MacRobertson 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: BOOM! Box 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA FIC PACBagley, Jessixa
Summary: 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 fencing duel.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J FIC BAGEvangelista, Nick.
Summary: Often thought of as an activity just for actors or an elite few, fencing is actually an ideal sport for people of all ages. Fencing develops dexterity, endurance, flexibility, grace, and overall fitness, while also allowing participants the opportunity to hone the mind's problem-solving abilities. It is easily learned and practiced by both young and old, men and women, boys and girls. It has...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Masters Press 1996
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pennsylvania State University Press 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.86 GARRhodes, Jewell Parker
Summary: 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC RHOEvangelista, Nick.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wish Pub. 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.86 EVALainoff, Lillie
Summary: France, 1655. Tania, the daughter of a retired musketeer, is afflicted with extreme vertigo and subject to frequent falls. When her father is murdered she learns that he has arranged for her to attend Madame de Treville's newly formed Académie des Mariées in Paris. It is no finishing school: it is an academy for female Musketeers, socialites on the surface but dangerous, well-trained women who...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC LAIPacat, C. S.
Summary: "Nicholas, the illegitimate son of a retired fencing champion, is a scrappy fencing wunderkind, and dreams of getting the chance and the training to actually compete. After getting accepted to the prodigious Kings Row private school, Nicholas is thrust into a cut-throat world, and finds himself facing not only his golden-boy half-brother, but the unbeatable, mysterious Seiji Katayama... Through...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA FIC PACYolen, Jane.
Summary: Aliera is a star at fencing, but at school no one notices her--until her new lab partner Avery begins flirting with her. Aliera's mother just bought her a foil from a garage sale, and it has a strange jewel attached to the hilt. Will Aliera's first date be ruined when magical creatures try to steal her foil?
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Second 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: YA FIC YOLSmith, Sherwood.
Summary: California girl Kim Murray is unsatisfied with grad school and restless in life, studying ballet and fencing because they remind her of older, more romantic times. Her secretive, aristocratic grandmother, who speaks only French and refuses to share stories about their mysterious family, inspires Kim to seek her roots in Europe, where she is swept up in an adventure of fantastic deceptions and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: DAW Books 2010
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC SMIBeneke, Jeff.
Contents: Fencing, then and now -- Design and layout -- Wood fences -- Masonry fences -- Metal fences -- Living fences -- Gates --Repairing fences and gates.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Storey Pub. 2005
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: This program confronts competing issues of athlete safety and discrimination through the cases of two wheelchair runners training at the University of Alberta's indoor track at the Butterdome. The program also applauds two classic movies-My Left Foot and Born on the Fourth of July-for defying typical Hollywood stereotyping while decrying the portrayal of pianist David Helfgott in Shine as a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2001
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Harts, Shannon H.
Summary: "Can flying robots help save entire ecosystems? Find out in this book, which brings together two major issues of modern times: the growing use of drones and ways to protect and restore natural environments. As drones become more advanced, they are revolutionizing conservation research and efforts in exciting ways--from planting over a hundred trees a minute to capturing vital information about...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 363.7 HARKrishnaswami, Uma
Summary: "Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary each tell their story, culminating in their thrilling ascent of Mount Everest. Tenzing Norgay grew up in Nepal, herding yaks in the shadow of Chomolungma, the mountain also known as Everest. He has always dreamed of climbing to the top. He becomes a guide, leading treks through the Himalayas, and finally attempts the highest mountain himself, but doesn't make...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Groundwood Books 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KRIPratt, Jarod (Jarod Rhys)
Summary: Robbie and Daphne are in a full-on Lemonade War, one that Robbie is quickly losing. Desperate, he tries to discover Daphne's secret recipe. Her lemonade is just lemonade, isn't it? There can't be some secret ingredient that compels people to buy it, can there? It wouldn't cause the end of the world if her lemonade fell into the wrong hands. Would it?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oni Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 PRABurch, Monte.
Summary: Covers tools, materials, foundations, framing, sheathing, wiring, plumbing, and finish work for barns, woodsheds, garages, fencing, and animal housing.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Garden Way Pub. 1983