JFHML Book Club

Join the Library’s adult book club that meets the third Thursday of every month at 5:00!

Extra copies of the book are available at the front desk!

Our January selection is The Night Ship by Jess Kidd.

Book Summary:

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 reef-shrouded island, he discovers the story of an infamous shipwreck…