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[Deleted]August 15, 2022
I remember reading this book and loving it. I've vaguely remembered it briefly over the years, thanks for giving me the title.
lorenAugust 14, 2022
This cover is BURNED into my memory. When I started learning to speak, read and write in English as a child I ended up getting the hang of it very quickly. A year later I was given this book by a family member who was a grade school teacher and I read it SO MANY TIMES. It was one of maybe 2 English language books I had at home at the time and I’d just start over again anytime I finished it.
kassandraAugust 14, 2022
girl I loved thar book so much as a 7th grader that I stole it when we finished it. still have the copy I read at 13, love it.
Euterpe [OP]August 14, 2022
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
by Avi (2003)
An ocean voyage of unimaginable consequences... Not every thirteen-year-old girl is accused of murder, brought to trial, and found guilty. But I was just such a girl, and my story is worth relating even if it did happen years ago. Be warned, however: If strong ideas and action offend you, read no more. Find another companion to share your idle hours. For my part I intend to tell the truth as I lived it.
(Goodreads)
The cover and name looks familiar. I might have read it as a child but I don't remember it at all. It was definitely written earlier than 2003 if I'm remembering correctly because I was already an adult then.
Euterpe [OP]August 14, 2022
Perhaps you might be thinking of Toliver's Secret by Esther Wood Brady (1993)?
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1103075.Toliver_s_Secret
That one actually has a Mulan-style plot in which the protagonist, a 10-year-old girl named Ellen Toliver, disguises her gender for an espionage mission during the American Revolution.
According to this, it was written in 1990: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_True_Confessions_of_Charlotte_Doyle
AmareldysAugust 14, 2022
Yeah I read it in High School in the early 90s
Euterpe [OP]August 14, 2022
What a time to be alive. The good old golden days, before the perverted creeps started taking over society...
Euterpe [OP]August 14, 2022
Just thought the covers depicted similar scenes, and so there might have been confusion.
That's definitely the book I read because I remember having to look up the word 'mutiny'. I probably didn't understand what was going on and that might be why I don't remember it. Especially since the class dynamics would have gone over my head at that age as well as some of the gender stuff since this was in the heyday of play/toys not being gendered.
I looked up 'round robin' too and learned about the tournament style -- the link on that wiki to something completely different helps to explain why I didn't get much from the book.
mybloodapprovesAugust 14, 2022
Ohh, I haven’t thought of this book in decades! I remember loving it as a child!
[Deleted]August 14, 2022
Oh my God is this the story where she cuts of her hair while climbing up a rope ladder?
Alice_eveAugust 14, 2022
I loved this book as a kid! It was required summer reading and I couldn't put it down.
otterstromAugust 14, 2022
Is it a sexual assault justice plot?
FinaphozaAugust 14, 2022
It's not! My teacher read it to the class in grade 5.
The drama takes place between members of the crew, which Charlotte gets inserted into. Zero sexual or romantic feelings. It's themes of adventure, loyalty/betrayal, secrets, and subverting her role as a respectable lady (clean, well dressed, long hair, sits and reads books, etc.) If there are threats or violence, it's blood related, not sex.
disco_metalAugust 15, 2022
My class might’ve read this in 5th grade. Is the bad guy named Captain Jaggery? Or Jaggerty, something like that?
Love this book so much! I've thought about it often over the years and couldn't remember what it was called. I'm gonna try and get my hands on it now!