The night ship / Belonging (Social psychology) Shipwrecks Grief Mothers Orphans Folklore Survival Fate and fatalism
Kidd, Jess,
The night ship / Jess Kidd. - Large print edition. - 519 pages (large print) ; 23 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.
9798885786249
Batavia (Ship)--Fiction.
Belonging (Social psychology)--Fiction.
Shipwrecks--Fiction.
Grief--Fiction.
Mothers--Death--Fiction.
Orphans--Fiction.
Folklore--Fiction.
Survival--Fiction.
Fate and fatalism--Fiction.
Large type books.
Historical fiction.
The night ship / Jess Kidd. - Large print edition. - 519 pages (large print) ; 23 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.
9798885786249
Batavia (Ship)--Fiction.
Belonging (Social psychology)--Fiction.
Shipwrecks--Fiction.
Grief--Fiction.
Mothers--Death--Fiction.
Orphans--Fiction.
Folklore--Fiction.
Survival--Fiction.
Fate and fatalism--Fiction.
Large type books.
Historical fiction.