THE MOUSE WATCH UNDERWATER

The Mouse Watch returns.

Bernie and Jarvis have settled back into their Mouse Watch training six months after saving the world. Bernie itches to move beyond her station as a Level One agent, to get out into the world and do more than rescue cats stuck in trees. Luckily adventure calls in the form of reports that the SS Moon, a spy vessel long thought lost, may still be out there with a map onboard leading to a power source that could reshape the world for the better—or the worse, if the dastardly R.A.T.S. get to it first. The deep-sea mission sends Bernie and Jarvis along on a snappily paced thrill ride to the underwater city of Catlantis and beyond in this crowd pleaser. Readers with a healthy appetite for Saturday morning cartoons will find much to engage with here, and returning readers will be pumped to see that this sequel boasts more of Bernie and Jarvis’ endearing friendship and the propulsive set pieces that made the first entry such a winner. Jarvis and Bernie continue to prove themselves as engaging protagonists who are supported by an array of old reliable characters from the Rescue Rangers cartoon as well as new additions to the franchise.

Corporate-branded adventure done right.