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Treason and treachery on the high seas! Thirteen-year-old Charlotte Doyle is excited to return home from her school in England to her family in Rhode Island in the summer of 1832. But when the two families she was supposed to travel with mysteriously cancel their trips, Charlotte finds herself the lone passenger on a long sea voyage with a cruel captain and a mutinous crew. Worse yet, soon after stepping aboard the ship, she becomes enmeshed in a conflict between them! What begins as an eagerly anticipated ocean crossing turns into a harrowing journey, where Charlotte gains a villainous enemy and is put on trial for murder! After reading this engaging hook, please read the True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle Reader's the following questions: As you read those 2 pieces, what do you think some the topics this book may cover? Does it remind you of anything you have seen or read? What questions do you have after reading these brief introductions? What predictions do you have, and how do you support those predictions? On a scale of 1-10 (10 being the best), how interested are you in this topic, how likely would you pick this book up to read on your own? No hard feelings for all of those 1,2, and 3's.