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Scholastic Paperbacks, 2012-01-09

True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle

True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle

Avi, Author

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9780545477116

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Avi's treasured Newbery Honor Book now in expanded After Words edition! Thirteen-year-old Charlotte Doyle is excited to return home from her school in England to her family in Rhode Island in the summer of 1832. But she finds herself the lone passenger on a long sea voyage with a cruel captain and a mutinous crew.
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Thirteen-year-old Charlotte Doyle embarks on a transatlantic voyage in 1832, expecting a routine journey home. Instead, she finds herself entangled in a web of mutiny, injustice, and self-discovery. As the sole female passenger, Charlotte confronts societal expectations and her own beliefs, ultimately redefining her identity through courage and conviction.

Keywords and Themes: Action & Adventure • Adventure • Award Winner • Courage • Girls & Women • Historical • Identity • Independence • Integrity • Justice • Juvenile Fiction • Leadership • Perspective • Responsibility • Survival Stories • Transformation • United States - 19th Century

Readability • 5.5

Age Range • 10-13

Pages • 240

Subjects • Sex role • Self-perception in adolescence • Ships • Self-perception • Sea stories • Mutiny

Categories • Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure • Juvenile Fiction | Girls & Women • Juvenile Fiction | Historical | United States - 19th Century • Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure | Survival Stories

Avi's treasured Newbery Honor Book now with exclusive bonus content!

The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle joins the Scholastic Gold line, which features award-winning and beloved novels. Includes exclusive bonus content!

A Newbery Honor Book* "A thrilling tale, tautly plotted, vividly narrated." --Kirkus Reviews, starred review

Thirteen-year-old Charlotte Doyle is excited to return home from her school in England to her family in Rhode Island in the summer of 1832.

But when the two families she was supposed to travel with mysteriously cancel their trips, Charlotte finds herself the lone passenger on a long sea voyage with a cruel captain and a mutinous crew. Worse yet, soon after stepping aboard the ship, she becomes enmeshed in a conflict between them! What begins as an eagerly anticipated ocean crossing turns into a harrowing journey, where Charlotte gains a villainous enemy... and is put on trial for murder!

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