Starboard: An original and funny children’s book from award-winning author Nicola Skinner Luisterboek Tooltip Luisterboeken beluister je met de bol.com Kobo app.

‘Spectacular. A wild, hilarious, surreal adventure of self-discovery’ Guardian

‘A fabulously entertaining, hugely inventive novel of epic adventure, friendship and bravery’ Editor’s 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 they’re made of flesh or iron. It’s about taking control of your own life and going on epic adventures. But most of all, it’s about finding out who you really dare to be, when you’re completely out of your depth…

Nicola Skinner's Starboard is a best-selling juvenile fiction that takes readers on a magical journey of self-discovery. With themes of action, bravery, and self-reliance at its core, this book is a testament to the power of friendship and the courage to be oneself.

For fans of Katherine Rundell (Rooftoppers), Katie Kirby (The Mega-Complicated Crushes of Lottie Brooks), Robin Stevens (The Ministry of Unladylike Activity 2), Rebecca Westcott (All the Pieces of Me), and Louie Stowell (Loki).