The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
A good book requires enough intrigue and suspense to grab a reader's attention and hold it, stringing it along from chapter to chapter. Avi's The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle is such a book. I found it to be both intriguing and suspenseful. The main character, Charlotte Doyle, is a thirteen-year-old girl who always had the best things in life. She was from America, but had lived most of her life in England. Her family had moved back to America, leaving Charlotte to follow after finishing her school year. Though she was set not originally set to travel alone, she did. There are many characters who make their presence known in this novel (Mr. Hollybrass, Mr. Keetch, and Fisk), but the major contenders are Captain Jaggery and Zachariah. Captain Jaggery is the suspected villain, ever since the beginning of the book. As the book progresses, so does the "punctilious"
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Approximate Word count = 599
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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