The Night Ship

📚 The Night Ship by Jess Kidd

Aboard the Batavia, young Mayken is sailing toward a new life in the Dutch East Indies. Curious and adventurous, she explores the ship’s hidden corners, unaware that the voyage will end in disaster off the coast of Western Australia.

Centuries later, grieving boy Gil arrives on a remote Australian island to live with his grandfather. There, he discovers the story of the Batavia and the tragedy that unfolded on the same shores he now calls home.

Inspired by a real shipwreck, The Night Ship weaves together two children’s stories across generations. Atmospheric and haunting, it explores loneliness, friendship, and the struggle to survive in a world shaped by adult cruelty. (canongate.co.uk, books.google.com)