![]() ![]() Never wavering from its 19th century setting, the novel offers suspense and entertainment modern-day readers will enjoy. There have been nearly a dozen different covers for this book, and none of them really made me. Charlotte's story is a gem of nautical adventure, and Avi's control of tone calls to mind William Golding's 1980s trilogy of historical novels of the sea. Charlotte's repressive Puritanical family refuses to believe her tale, and the girl returns to the sea. of The Hearst Corporation, published by arrngmt w/Orchard Books. Charlotte is charged with murder and sentenced to be hanged before the trip is over, but ends up in command of the Seahawk by the time it reaches its destination. The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi, NULL, avi, April 1992, Avon Books, a div. As the lone young lady on a transatlantic voyage in 1832, Charlotte learns that the captain is. ![]() ![]() When the crew rebels, Charlotte first sides with the civilized Captain Jaggerty, but before long she realizes that he is a sadist and-the only female aboard-she joins the crew as a seaman. The true confessions of Charlotte Doyle (Book) Description. From the start, there is something wrong with the Seahawk : the families that were to serve as Charlotte's chaperones do not arrive, and the unsavory crew warns her not to make the trip. She begins her trip a prim schoolgirl returning home to her American family from England. Told in the form of a recollection, these ``confessions'' cover 13-year-old Charlotte's eventful 1832 transatlantic crossing. ![]()
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