Starboard

Spectacular. A wild, hilarious, surreal adventure of self-discovery Guardian A fabulously entertaining, hugely inventive novel of epic adventure, friendship and bravery Editors Choice, Bookseller The extraordinarily inventive and inspiring new middle-grade novel from the rapturously acclaimed author of BLOOM. This is the story of Kirsten, an apparently happy and successful 11-year-old YouTube star who meets a ship that comes alive and is claimed by it as its new captain as it breaks free from its dry dock. Inspired by the true history of the SS Great Britain, Starboard is about the friendship, heroism and bravery that you can find in others, whether theyre made of flesh or iron. Its about taking control of your own life and going on epic adventures. But most of all, its about finding out who you really dare to be, when youre completely out of your depth