<Tr> <Th> ISBN </Th> <Td> 0 - 531 - 05893 - X </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> OCLC </Th> <Td> 21149467 </Td> </Tr> <P> The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle is a historical novel by the American author Avi published in 1990 . It takes place during the crossing of a ship from England to America in 1832 . The book chronicles the evolution of the title character as she is pushed outside her naive existence and learns about life aboard a ship . The novel was well received and won several awards, including being named as a Newbery Honor book . </P> <P> The story starts in the early summer of 1832, as thirteen - year - old Charlotte Doyle prepares to take a big voyage from Liverpool, England to her family's new home in Providence, Rhode Island . Her upper class upbringing and her education in the very proper Barrington School for Better Girls gives her a very sheltered and narrow view of life . Charlotte finds herself the only passenger and the only female on the ship, the Seahawk, as the other two families coming with her don't arrive . Repeatedly, people tell her she shouldn't be on the ship, but her escort, Mr. Grummage, insists . Mr. Grummage rushes her, saying that her father wants her on the Seahawk . </P>

Book about a girl named charlotte on a ship