by Avi
I expected this to be the biggest hit of our historical fiction reading this year, but it wan't quite that. I enjoyed the story overall and there were times when I was definitely surprised by the twists and turns, but I just didn't fully buy into it or connect with it. Charlotte's transformation j...
This book is very well-written and I enjoyed the adventure a lot (and admittedly I do like anything that takes place on a boat) but a lot of what happened was unrealistic. Not the adventure part, but the fact that she was thirteen and traveling alone even though she was supposed to be upper class. D...
I first read The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle when I was about twelve or thirteen. It was a perfect book for me at the time. Historical, adventurous, feminist. It will always be one of my favourites. Yes, as an adult, I can see the flaws. There's just no way the plot would happen. The charact...
Other people have given this book a higher score, but for me this was just meh. There was some mystery and some action, but it never really struck a chord with me. I think it was because I didn’t feel Charlotte was a likeable character and I didn’t believe in her quick transformation.Charlotte is th...
This is the story of a proper young girl in the 1800's who becomes a passenger on a ship headed to America from England. Charlotte is traveling alone; her family awaits her in Providence, RI. The ship is filled with mutinous sailors and Charlotte must find a way to survive. A great book filled wi...
I'd recommend this YA novel for anyone who loved Pirates of the Caribbean - it has similiar air of nautical adventure with a 'not-too-unwholesome' air about it.... 13-year-old Charlotte Doyle, through mischance, ends up as the only passenger (and only woman) on a ship bound from England to Providenc...
I'm sure I would have loved this book if I had read it when young. It certainly has plenty of dramatic interest.Looking at it from an adult perspective, the thing that intrigues me the most is how careful the author is about depicting the social background that Charlotte comes from, and its influenc...
all time favorite girl book.
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