The night ship a novel Kidd, Jess creator author. text Historical fiction. nyu 2022 First Atria Books hardcover edition. monographic eng
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389 pages ; 24 cm "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 shipwreck." -- Dust jacket. Jess Kidd. u-at-we Batavia (Ship) Fiction Shipwrecks Fiction Orphans Fiction Mothers Death Fiction Secrecy Fiction Folklore Fiction Fate and fatalism Fiction Passenger ships Fiction Children Fiction Shipwrecks Australia Fiction Western Australia Fiction Western Australia History Fiction 823/.92 9781982180812 2022027930 211031 20250919130258.0 1281583036