A review by lesserjoke
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi

4.0

A fun story of a thirteen-year-old girl's (mis)adventures at sea in 1832. Acclaimed children's author Avi nails the nineteenth-century setting and the nautical feel of this piece, and his plucky heroine comes across as a female version of Treasure Island's Jim Hawkins, holding her own against mutineers, storms, and other vagaries of shipboard life. I think I would have loved this even more when I was closer to Charlotte's age, but it's still pretty great to encounter as an adult reader.