The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle (Scholastic Gold)

Avi

Oct 2015 · Sold by Scholastic Inc.

About this ebook

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 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!After Words material includes author Q & A, journal writing tips, and other activities that bring Charlotte's world to life!

Ratings and reviews

I could not stop reading this book and I had read it 3 times it never gets old it just grows more and more suspenseful each time. I love it so much!

I. Am. Loving this book right now. My class is reading part 1 right now and we just stopped right before the mutiny took place.

very good read this in middle school went back read it again at 27 still matched up.

About the author

Avi's work spans nearly every genre and has received countless major prizes, including the Newbery Medal for Crispin: The Cross of Lead and Newbery Honors for Nothing But the Truth and The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle. Avi lives in Colorado. You can learn more about him online at avi-writer.com.