Starboard

Name: Starboard
Brand: Harper Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Nicola Skinner
ISBN: 9780063071766

Author: Nicola Skinner

Narrator: Eilidh Beaton

Unabridged: 9 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 06/06/2023

Categories: Children's Fiction, Fantasy Stories, Ghost Stories

Synopsis

Nicola Skinner's inventive, funny, surprising prose once again tells an honest story of big emotions, making Starboard the perfect follow-up to the critically acclaimed Storm.Kirsten Bramble is too famous to have friends. That’s what she tells herself, anyway—but with the end of her hit reality TV show barreling toward her, Kirsten’s not sure she’s ready to say goodbye to her lonely life of fame.Luckily—or unluckily—Kirsten can’t help being plunged headfirst into a new adventure when she’s dragged on a class trip to visit the SS Great Britain. Because somehow, the ancient ship can speak to her—and she wants Kirsten to be her new captain.The ship pulls out of the harbor with no sails and no working engine, and try as Kirsten might, she can’t convince the ship to turn back until they find a way to help her finish her final quest.Kirsten doesn’t feel like a captain—but along the way, she may just realize that the ending of an adventure, while scary, can be just as special as the beginning.

About Nicola Skinner

Nicola Skinner was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil, where she spent an idyllic early childhood mostly watching some very dramatic telenovelas, reading comics, and going to the beach. When she was nine, she swapped all of that to attend boarding school in Great Britain, which didn’t have beaches, unfortunately, but where she learned a love for books and writing. A former journalist and copywriter, she is now a full-time author of children’s books.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Mark on April 11, 2021

This is the newest book by Nicola Skinner, and I really recommend it. It is about a girl called Kirsten, who is an 11-year-old reality TV star, who has her life turned upside down when she meets a ship, called the SS Great Britain, who decides that she, Kirsten is apparently the captain! It starts wi......more

Goodreads review by Tina on September 05, 2022

Nicola Skinner was recommended by fellow author Dominique Valente during an event at Stowmarket library! The book is an unusual fantasy set on the SS Great Britain, dealing with the worries of a Kirsten, the 11 year old star of a reality show. It covers the history of the ship and touches on the soc......more

Goodreads review by John on April 01, 2021

Starboard is every inch a Nicola Skinner story. The wit, the wordplay, the protagonist's pivotal emotional turning point. It's a poignant read, and I was reminded many times of my experience reading Storm. The story is broken into six parts, and it charts a course to New York, the Lost Sea, and the F......more

Goodreads review by Oli on September 18, 2022

"The best book I've ever read," my daughter said after finishing. "I cried at the end. I didn't want it to finish." It made her laugh and be angry and be frustrated at the characters, she said. She loved Mark Spencer, the manikin boy, "he's so sweet!" It's "sort of adventure but not just adventure",......more