description: Avi's The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle is an adventure tale told by someone who really didn't think her life would be much of an adventure at all. Miss Charlotte Doyle, a thirteen-year-old girl from Barrington Better School for Girls, wanted nothing more than to become a proper young lady who wears fancy hats and has fabulous hair (OK, who doesn't want that?). Once she boards a ship to America, though, she finds out that a life on the Seahawk is far more thrilling than wearing a frilly dress. Donning boys' clothing, Charlotte learns to climb the rigging and handle a knife. She also becomes involved in the thrilling machinations underway on the Murder! Mutiny! Mayhem! These are not the things Charlotte learned about in school. Needless to say, this book is a bona fide page-turner - completely and utterly action-packed.
language: English
title: The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
titlecomplete: The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
characters: Charlotte Doyle
genres: Fiction, Classics, Middle Grade, Young Adult, Historical, Childrens, Read For School, Historical Fiction, Adventure, School
ratings_count: 84639
places: Rhode Island, Atlantic Ocean, 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: American Printing House for the Blind