The Night Ship

This epic historical novel will take you on a journey through time and space, following the lives of two characters who found themselves on the same isolated island off Western Australia - three hundred years apart. Follow the curious and adventuresome Mayken, a young girl bound for the Dutch East Indies who spends the long journey on the Batavia searching for a mythical monster, only to discover that real monsters might be closer than she thinks. Then jump to 1989 and meet Gil, a lonely boy sent to live on the same island where his mother once resided. Discover the story of an infamous shipwreck and be swept away by Jess Kidd's beautifully written tale of friendship, sacrifice, brutality, and forgiveness.