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The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
Author: Avi
A vicious captain, a mutinous crew -- and a young girl caught in the middle. Not every thirteen-year-old girl is accused of murder, brought to trial, and found guilty. But I was just such a girl, and my story is worth relating even if it did happen years ago. Be warned, however: If strong ideas and action offend you, read no more. Find another c...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780380728855
ISBN-10: 0380728850
Publication Date: 8/10/2004
Pages: 229
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Rating:
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
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3.9 stars, based on 65 ratings
Publisher: HarperTrophy
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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reviewed The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle on + 4 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 7
This was my favorite book when I was 12. I would recomend it. It is a great story of a strong young woman thrown into a crazy circumstance. She begins a well bred young lady and a passenger on a sailing vessel going across the Atlantic. By the end, she is a completly different woman.

It's an excellent read.
mimicthesky avatar reviewed The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle on + 48 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
I read this book in 4th or 5th grade and just re-read it... Just as before, it was hard to put down.
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Helpful Score: 2
A great period story about a young girl learning to see beyond the facade of "gentle" English society and striving to do something that matters.
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Helpful Score: 2
The book does appear to be a good period piece about the nautical life during the 1830's. However, I was disappointed in the way the story ended and the protagonist's ultimate deceit and decision. I felt the author was injecting a modern radical feminist viewpoint into the past, and the plot near the end just seemed very implausible.
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Helpful Score: 1
From School Library Journal
On a long, grueling journey from England to Rhode Island in 1802, a 12 year old changes from a prim and proper girl to a swashbuckling mate of a mutinous crew and is accused of murder by the captain. Awash with shipboard activity, intense feelings, and a keen sense of time and place, the story is a throwback to good old-fashioned adventure yarns on the high seas.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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abbykt avatar reviewed The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle on + 113 more book reviews
I enjoyed reading this book. I like to read the Newbury award winner books because the writing is quality. Sometimes I am not able to place myself in a young frame of mind though. I can see how Charlotte was a wonderful role model of adventure and courage for young women. As an adult, I found myself questioning whether the events would have really transpired. I often feel this way about these very young adult books. Having said this, I did enjoy the story.
swapgal avatar reviewed The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle on + 2 more book reviews
Excellent book. I remembered reading this as a child, and I picked it up again to read it to my own children. I am so glad that I did! The story is about Charlotte Doyle's crossing from England to American. Without chaperone or companions, the young maiden is left aboard this strange ship with a charming captain, ruffians of a crew, a stowaway, and a dire warning to take heed. She soon finds her world turned upside down only to rely on her sense of honor, justice, and truth to see her through. Avi does a wonderful job of keeping the reader wanting more. One is always asking the question "What will happen next?" Charlotte Doyle is a heroine that one can't help but root for, and it was a pleasure to read her story again.
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This book was so awesome!
reviewed The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle on + 3352 more book reviews
A book for adventurous girls to dream with. Historical setting but a decidely non-historical heroine.
althea avatar reviewed The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle on + 774 more book reviews
I'd recommend this YA novel for anyone who loved Pirates of the Caribbean - it has similiar air of nautical adventure with a 'not-too-unwholesome' air about it.... 13-year-old Charlotte Doyle, through mischance, ends up as the only passenger (and only woman) on a ship bound from England to Providence, RI (my hometown!) If that wasn't scandal enough, the ship is bound for mutiny, and Charlotte is caught between the cruel gentleman captain and the unsavory - but possibly more honest - crewmen. A fun light read!
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One of my favorite books!


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