The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi

3.78 AVERAGE

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julykus's review against another edition

3.75
adventurous tense medium-paced

oviedorose's review against another edition

4.0
adventurous inspiring mysterious tense
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reckenreiter's review against another edition

5.0
This was my favorite book as a child, and I thoroughly enjoyed my re-read!!!

bhipdi's review against another edition

4.0
Impossible to put down. Read it!

hellej's review against another edition

2.0
Narrator is super slow. I had to listen at 1.25-1.5.
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jselliot's review against another edition

5.0
adventurous informative inspiring tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
Probably one of my favorite historical novels when I was younger, and one I kept coming back to even as I got older. The attention given to how the ship was run on a functional level was interesting, and I remember that when I was writing a short story as a kid I referenced the schematics in the book at one point. 

This one does have an initially slow start, but it really picks up and gets going by about the 1/3 mark. The lead character is also plucky and adaptable, which makes it fun to ride along with once she's forced to reexamine her biases. 

meloanpmc's review against another edition

4.5
adventurous tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
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autumnposs's review against another edition

5.0
adventurous dark inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

traveljenn's review against another edition

4.0

I had hard time with my willing suspension of disbelief with the storyline. A girl traveling alone on merchant ship across the Atlantic Ocean in 1832 is questionable. Her transformation from lady to sailor,I just could not believe. I realize that it would be fun and incredibly challenging to work the ship like Charlotte does but it would never have happened. It is too big of a social jump for Charlotte and the crew.


http://www.jenniferstantonchapman.com/2012/05/09/book-reviewthe-true-confessions-of-charlotte-doyle-avi-10/

kalena_reads's review against another edition

3.0
This was a fairly good historical fiction story. In 7th grade I had to read this for literature circle, I had bought this book a month earlier (I had a ton of books to read at this point and couldn't get to it) not knowing that I was going to be reading this for literature circle. Lots of mystery and suspense