FICTION

Teen Boat!: The Race for Boatlantis

by John Green
ROMAN, Dave & . illus. by John Green. 160p. ebook available. Clarion. Oct. 2015. Tr $14.99. ISBN 9780547865638.
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Gr 5–8—Teen Boat, a teen boy who can transform into a yacht, returns for another adventure in this sequel to Teen Boat! (Clarion, 2012). When given the chance to live full-time as a boat in Boatlantis with his submarine father, he is torn. Is he a boat or a boy? Teen Boat also finds a nemesis in TeenBot, a boy who's part-boy, part-robot, and part captain's chair. Then Teen Boat finds out that his best friend Joey descends from a boat's mortal enemy: icebergs. Older, savvier readers may not embrace the goofy concept, but younger tweens and teens will enjoy the numerous boat puns and the bright, cheerful cartoon illustrations. With its wholesome hero and high school love triangles, this work is "Archie" (DC Comics) with boats.
VERDICT A light, silly read with middle school appeal.
Reviewed by Lisa Goldstein, Brooklyn Public Library
The adventures continue for the teenage boy who can transform into a small yacht. This time, he sails out on a journey to Boatlantis, where he discovers others like him, learns that his father (a submarine) is still alive, and falls in love with a teen iceberg. Tweens with a love of the preposterous will enjoy this funny, crisply illustrated graphic novel.
 , Sep 01, 2015

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