The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle

This book is a novel by the award winning author Avi. This book is about a girl named Charlotte Doyle and her terrifying ocean voyage in the summer of 1832.

Charlotte was a perfectly normal girl setting out on what she thought would be a perfectly normal voyage. But why are all of the porters at the dock in Liverpool, England so scared of Andrew Jaggery, the captain of the Seahawk, Charlotte's ship? And why does a kindly old black man entrust her with a small knife saying, "If any thing happens you might need it"? And why does the crew of the ship seem so evil toward the perfectly, docile seeming captain? Is there something more happening here that Charlotte is unaware of?

I would recommend this book for ages 11 and up. Although the book may be written at an easier level, the content is quite advanced.

Remeber that this book is a novel. I would not classify it as Christian literature.

This book was published in 1990.

The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle won a Newbery Honor in 1991.