num_pages: 210
description: Not every thirteen-year-old girl is accused of murder, brought to trial and found guilty.Although Charlotte Doyle was warned not to board the brig Seahawk&gt; on June 16, 1832, no young girl of good upbringing would dream of disobeying her father's orders. And Papa left orders that she should sail on that ship.But once upon the sea Charlotte discovers herself alone among a dozen rough crewmen, the only passenger on a voyage from Liverpool, England to Providence, Rhode Island. Within hours of the ship's sailing, a dagger is place in her hand by the Seahawk's cook, Zachariah. It's for her own protection, he says. Soon she is overhearing murmurings and mutterings among the sailors, who, the old cook excepted, seem to resent her presence. If it weren't for the master, Captain Andrew Jaggery - so reassuringly like Papa - Charlotte would fear for her safety. All too soon she learns the need for the dagger, even as she learns to her horror that it's a weapon to be used against her.In Charlotte's true confessions she swears to "tell the truth as I lived it." So she does, as gallantly as she succeeds in the dangerous, unpredictable world of a sailing ship.
language: English
title: The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
titlecomplete: The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
characters: Charlotte Doyle
genres: Historical Fiction, Young Adult, Middle Grade, School, Historical, Childrens, Classics, Read For School, Fiction, Adventure
ratings_count: 84653
places: Atlantic Ocean, Rhode Island, England, Liverpool, England
awards: awardedAt: 662716800000
name: Newbery Medal, awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Massachusetts Children's Book Award, awardedAt: 694252800000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award, awardedAt: 725875200000
name: Evergreen Teen Book Award, awardedAt: 725875200000
name: Sunshine State Young Readers Award, awardedAt: 662716800000
name: Judy Lopez Memorial Award for Children's Literature
publisher: Orchard Books