Early+19th+Century+America

Set sail for daring adventure on the high seas with //The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle//. Thirteen years old and traveling alone across the Atlantic Ocean, making her way from her private finishing school in England to rejoin her American family in Providence, Rhode Island, Charlotte is on the voyage of a lifetime in this dramatic work of historical fiction. The author, Avi, takes readers through numerous events that shape young Charlotte's character, all told from the heroine's point of view. Charlotte experiences intense moments of doubt and uncertainty, prejudice, and even life and death. Along the way she not only discovers what it means to be a young lady in 19th century America, but how to think for herself as she matures. Her trans-Atlantic crossing marks for her the journey of a lifetime.

__Major Assignments:__
Study Guide, due 12/2 & 12/3 (along with reading the novel) Character Study Essay, 8E, 8F, 8G due on 12/9; 8C on 12/10 Novel Project, due 1/12 & 1/13