Fill in the Blanks You're a Hero, Jessica Watson!Online version LL Comp Bk Jessica W, You're a Hero, Jessica Watson! by Stephanie Turner 1 lonely youngest buildings star spotted were It was May 15 , 2010 , a sunny day in Sydney , Australia . Thousands lines Sydney Harbor . Thousands more watched on TV . There waiting for 16 - year old Jessica Watson to come home . She'd been gone for 210 days . Jessica had just become the person to sail around the world all by herself . She had battled terrible storms . She had been in terrifying waves as big as four - story . She had been and homesick . But there had been special moments , too . She watched a beautiful sunrise . She had a blue whale , the biggest creature on Earth . She had seen a shooting race across the night sky !