Avi's The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle is such a book. ... The main character, Charlotte Doyle, is a thirteen-year-old girl who always had the best things in life. ... At the beginning, we are introduced to a young and proper lady (in the true sense of the word). ... I was easily drawn into Charlotte's character. So much so that I felt at times, I had become Charlotte. ...
In 1991, Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli received the Newbury Award and The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi was named as an honor book. ... The Newbery Honor book, The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, by Avi, is an exciting story about a girl's experience aboard a ship. ... As Charlotte begins to understand and challenge the status quo, she changes her initial opinion of Captain Jaggery as a trustworthy gentleman, to see his true, unjust and cruel character. ... The book is written from the point of view of Charlotte Doyle, as she is narrating the experience many years later...
