Boy vs Beast #12: Water Mutant

Boy vs Beast #12: Water Mutant by Mac Park (Scholastic Australia)

PB RRP $7.99

ISBN 978-1-92193-171-0

Reviewed by Jenny Heslop

After Kai's last successful battle a new secret room has opened up under the Border Guards lighthouse base in Australia. Kai and BC are enjoying the games in this new Flight Room when his alert warns that water from water land is spilling into mud land. Kai is sure that there must be a beast behind it but doesn't know which land the beast is in. It's time once more for the young Border Guard and his trusty dogbot to choose his battle gear, transport and face the newest mutant beast in Beastium.

Water Mutant is the latest title in the popular Boys vs Beast series. Boys love the gadgets, weird beasts, pests and the non-stop action. And the battle against Aquaterros in water land is mostly fought on a souped up hover board which will appeal to this young readership.

There are many more books in the series so boys from six years old and up can join Kai Masters on his quest to defend and protect Earth as he works his way towards promotion from Border Guard to Border Master.