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Book review Vocabulary Select from the choices below(Click the picture to access the page) Parts of a Ship Maritime facts & History Meet the characters Sources & Credits Back to title page

Back to menu page Wow! What a tale of adventure, suspense, and intrigue! The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle has all of these elements. Book Reviewby Mrs. Miller Charlotte is a 13-year-old girl who has been put aboard the ship The Seahawk by her parents so that she can travel to America to reunite with them. Unsure of the crew but able to trust in a gentlemanly captain, Jaggery was his name, she soon learns of the trouble that lurks on this ship.

Back to menu page Vocabulary Click on a word to find out what it means menacing loathsome protruding decrepit beguiling ire slanderous pervasive malicious condone shirk mutiny

Back to vocab menacing Def: threatening Ex: The thief looked at his victim in a menacing way as if to warn him about the consequences of his refusal to turn over the money.

Back to vocab loathsome Def: disgusting, detestable Ex: The way that the cat stole his grub from the kitchen cabinet was positively loathsome .

Back to vocab protruding Def: jutting out, protecting Ex: The figurehead was protruding from the front of the ship as it ventured out to sea.

Back to menu page Back to vocab decrepit Def: weak, broken down by old age Ex: In his later years of life, my grandfather was beginning to feel very decrepit .

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Back to menu page Parts of a ship

Back to menu page Maritime Facts & History Types of tall ships Sea Shanteys Knot tying Hardtack

What is a sea shanty? • A song that is sung while doing work aboard the ship • The rhythm of the song coordinated the movement of the sailors • Different types are sung for specific kinds of work Click here to listen to some popular sea shanteys

Back to menu page Meet the Characters(Click the bubble to Learn about the person) Mr. Keetch Barlow

Charlotte Doyle PROTAGONIST Thirteen years old came from a wealthy family Is leaving Liverpool, England to travel to Providence, Rhode Island

Captain Jaggery

Back to menu page Sources • “Photo: The Ture Confessions of Charlotte Doyle.” http://images.barnesandnoble.com/images/13700000/13702172.JPG • Davis, Kay. “Photo: Ship’s figurehead.” 10 April 2008. http://xroads.virginia.edu/~ma01/davis/ships/home.html • Old-picture.com. “Photo: admiral of ship.” 10 April 2008. <http://www.old-picture.com/civil-war/Dahlgren-standing-Dahlgren-Admiral.htm> • Doty, Sheri Lynn Boyer. “Photo: The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle book cover.” 10 April 2008. <http://www.sheridoty.com/illustration.phtml> • Ring, Lauritz. “Photo: painting of old man walking.” 10 April 2008. <http://a1259.g.akamai.net/f/1259/5586/5d/images.art.com/images/-/Old-Man-Walking-in-a-Rye-Field--C12011483.jpeg> • http://www.nmm.ac.uk/mag/Shared/images/shipsails_diagram.jpg

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