Boat Girl

From the author of Pesta Washington Post Noteworthy Bookcomes a hilarious new novel that showcases the authors talents at their best. Fifteen-year-old Caitlin Daviess life is challenging enough. Shes short. Shes scrawny. She prefers Evernote to SnapChat. Shes 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 yearto live on a derelict sailboat, bought sight-unseen from navigationally-impaired cigar smugglers. So when her bestand onlyfriend 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 homes splintery floorboards. Even Tristan, the cutest guy on the island, is beguiled by her easygoing air and artfully padded bikini top. She just cant help wondering, though, if New Caitlin and the real Caitlin have anything in common. And when the sailboats former owners come looking for their forgotten contraband, she wonders if shell 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.