num_pages: 400
description: Based on a true story an epic historical novel from the award-winning author of Things in Jars that illuminates the lives of two characters: a girl shipwrecked on an island off Western Australia and three hundred years later a boy finding a home with his grandfather on the very same island.1629: A newly orphaned young girl named Mayken is bound for the Dutch East Indies on the Batavia  one of the greatest ships of the Dutch Golden Age. Curious and mischievous Mayken spends the long journey going on misadventures above and below the deck searching for a mythical monster. But the true monsters might be closer than she thinks.1989: A lonely boy named Gil is sent to live off the coast of Western Australia among the seasonal fishing community where his late mother once resided. There on the tiny reef-shrouded island he discovers the story of an infamous shipwreckWith her trademark thrilling mysterious twisted but more than anything beautifully written (Graham Norton New York Times bestselling author) storytelling Jess Kidd weaves a true work of magic (V.E. Schwab author of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue ) about friendship sacrifice brutality and forgiveness.
language: English
title: The Night Ship
publisher: Atria Books