Camp was going to be amazing for Tyler de Lugo and his best friends, Max and Heather Allen, in this stand-alone follow-up to Just Roll With It (2021).But then Ty broke his arm and missed an entire season as captain of the swim team. Afterward, Ty ghosted the siblings, so their arrival at Silver Falls is fraught with hurt feelings. Ty, who has brown skin and wavy black hair, can't bring himself to go in the water, let alone participate in a swimming competition. Yet camp also brings Ty a new group of friends and advice from a quirky counselor. He hunts for bugs and develops an interest in tabletop role-playing games. Ty, along with Max and Heather, who have light skin and red hair, take on the challenge of building a canoe from scratch. All these experiences buoy him as he feels like he's drowning, but Max's forgiveness is still in question-and so are the feelings of Ty's secret crush. Agarwal's loose designs and casual, sketchy, bright style express both poignancy and humor, and her characters' facial expressions are adorable. Ty's overwhelming feelings of depression are shown by waves washing over him and blurred text in speech bubbles. After his injury and subsequent weight gain, Ty's self-loathing is clearly evident, but readers may be left wanting a stronger impression of who he is outside of his struggles.Earnest summertime adventures and lessons on self-love. (Graphic fiction. 9-12)

Gr 4–8— Ty is a middle school athlete who has been sidelined from the swim team by a broken arm. He begins to doubt himself, as his weight gain and time away from the pool will alter his role on the team, and his anxiety begins to affect his friendship with his fellow swimmer and best friend Max. Attending summer camp together tests their friendship as Ty struggles with his mental health and deals with the consequences of pushing Max away. The need to acknowledge when one needs help is addressed; however, a late-story romance takes the focus away from an otherwise strong story about friendship. Ty and his family are Latinx, and the book showcases a welcome mix of skin tones and body shapes among his classmates. This is the second graphic novel from Durfey-Lavoie and Agarwal in the " Just Roll with It" universe. This duo takes mental health very seriously and have crafted a poignant coming-of-age story with visual clues about drowning in emotions. The anime and chibi-style illustration will appeal to a young audience. This story can stand alone, but will appeal to youth who enjoyed Just Roll with It and Raina Telgemeier's Guts . VERDICT This graphic novel about anxiety, body image, and queerness is a recommended purchase for middle school library shelves.— Nancy McKay