You wouldn't expect Nate and Charlie to be friends.
Charlie’s the laid-back captain of the basketball team. Nate is the neurotic, scheming president of the robotics club. But they are friends, however unlikely―until Nate declares war on the cheerleaders and the cheerleaders retaliate by making Charlie their figurehead in the ugliest class election campaign the school has ever seen. At stake? Student group funding that will either cover a robotics competition or new cheerleading uniforms, but not both.
Bad sportsmanship? Sure. Chainsaws? Why not. Running away from home on Thanksgiving to illicitly enter a televised robot deathmatch? Let's do this!
Prudence Shen is a writer and caffeine addict who pays rent in D.C. even though she mostly lives in airports. Her work includes the Tor.com short story "Do Not Touch" and the graphic novel
Nothing Can Possibly Go Wrong (illustrated by
New York Times bestselling author Faith Erin Hicks). She loves robots. Not like that.
FAITH ERIN HICKS is the award-winning and New York Times bestselling writer and artist of over a dozen books. Her solo titles include New York Times rave reviewed Friends with Boys, and Eisner Award-winning, The Adventures of Super Hero Girl and The Nameless City: The Divided Earth. Among her many collaborations is the NYT bestselling graphic novel and Goodreads Choice Award winner, Pumpkinheads, with Rainbow Rowell. She drew and co-wrote the graphic novel prequel to the video game The Last of Us, which was subsequently adapted for the screen for HBO. Hicks is a longstanding writer of Avatar: The Last Airbender graphic novels and has written scripts for the Buffy the Vampire Slayer comic series. Her books are frequently YALSA selections. She lives in Vancouver, B.C and can be found online at www.faitherinhicks.com