After Ash loses his Squirtle Pokâemon, he teams up with Water Pokâemon Totodile, so when Totodile gets a crush on an Azumarill targeted by Team Rocket, Ash and his friends must come to its rescue.
Tracey West is the New York Times bestselling author of Dragon Masters, a series in the Scholastic Branches line. She has written more than 400 books for kids, including the Pixie Tricks series and the Underdogs series with Kyla May.
Some readers also know Tracey for writing books based on animation such as Pokémon and LEGO Ninjago.
She currently lives in the western Catskills of New York with her husband, Bill; their adopted dogs; and a whole mess of chickens.
Reptitive and formulaic. The highlight is Ash and Misty battling, the lowlight is a boring firefighting competition where Ash says goodbye to Squirtle with almost no hesitation.