Boat Girl

A Misadventure

by Elizabeth Foscue

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Pub Date Jun 27 2023 | Archive Date Jun 27 2023

Turner Publishing Company | Keylight Books

Teens & YA

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Description

From the author of Pest—a Washington Post Noteworthy Book—comes a hilarious new novel that showcases the author’s talents at their best.

Fifteen-year-old Caitlin Davies’s life is challenging enough. She’s short. She’s scrawny. She prefers Evernote to SnapChat. She’s two years younger than everyone else in her grade. And now her parents are taking the family to the British Virgin Islands (BVI)—for a year—to live on a derelict sailboat, bought sight-unseen from navigationally-impaired cigar smugglers. So when her best—and only—friend suggests she use the move as a chance to reinvent herself, Caitlin has nothing to lose.

And it works. People (plural!) in the BVI actually like her, and not only because of the interesting stuff she found beneath her new home’s splintery floorboards. Even Tristan, the cutest guy on the island, is beguiled by her easygoing air and artfully padded bikini top. She just can’t help wondering, though, if New Caitlin and the real Caitlin have anything in common. And when the sailboat’s former owners come looking for their forgotten contraband, she wonders if she’ll ever get the chance to find out.

With a fresh style and perspective, and bursting with humor and charm, Boat Girl is a quirky and fast-paced YA coming-of-age story that will have you laughing out loud.

From the author of Pest—a Washington Post Noteworthy Book—comes a hilarious new novel that showcases the author’s talents at their best.

Fifteen-year-old Caitlin Davies’s life is challenging enough...

Advance Praise

“A smart and sassy Gen Z pirate adventure that keeps the pages turning. Heroine Caitlin Davies’s perspective is insightful and laugh-out-loud funny!” —Timothy Woodward, author of If I Told You So

“Elizabeth Foscue’s sophomore novel is pure delight. A hilarious, engaging fish-out-of-water story that’s full of charm, wit, and laugh-out-loud moments to spare. Boat Girl sees Foscue at her absolute best.” —Julian R. Vaca, author of the Memory Index series

“I found myself chuckling and groaning in equal measure at Caitlin’s misadventures. Brimming with playful language and guided by a strong, distinctive voice, Boat Girl is a buoyant read that’s sure to find a berth in readers’ hearts.” —Bruce Hale, author of Switched and the Chet Gecko Mysteries

“Elizabeth Foscue’s Boat Girl glows with all the glories and the hilarious pitfalls of teen life in a contemporary Caribbean paradise. Transplanted unwillingly from Annapolis to the British Virgin Islands, Caitlin Davies navigates it all with only her brilliant, naïve, wisecracking, pop-culture-savvy mind on board to guide her through first love, shrimp bites, and scruffy villains. A great summer read no matter what time of year you pick it up.” —D.J. Palladino, author of Werewolf, Texas and Nothing That Is Ours

“A relatable story on so many levels. It is a quick and captivating read that illustrates the struggles we all go through in life at some point. Boat Girl is a gleeful reminder to trust your inner pirate and captain your own ship.” —Anna Tunnicliffe Tobias, Olympic Sailing Gold Medalist

“Boat Girl will have readers laughing out loud at Caitlin’s attempts to reinvent herself. It’s a hilarious tribute to self-discovery and self-acceptance.” —Nikki Barthelmess, author of Everything Within and In Between

“In this charming, zesty read, Caitlin Davies keeps herself socially afloat on a tropical misadventure that’s chock full of humor and teen dalliances. Caitlin proves there is no escaping peer pressure, social outtakes, and fantasy crushes, which turn out to be equally troublesome in paradise. Foscue sails with flair and grace upon the salty, hormonal waves of YA drama in her new must-read novel.” —Liz Ruckdeschel, author of the Choose Your Destiny series

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