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Based on a true story an epic historical novel from the awardwinning 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 reefshrouded island he discovers the story of an infamous shipwreck

With 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 VE Schwab author of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue about friendship sacrifice brutality and forgiveness