Famous Pirates

Blackbeard

Jack Sparrow

Charlotte Doyle??

The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle

On a long journey from England to Rhode Island in 1802, 12-year-old Charlotte changes from a

prim and proper girl to a swashbuckling mate of a mutinous crew and is accused of murder by

the captain. Awash with shipboard activity, intense feelings, and a keen sense of time and

place, the story is a throwback to good old-fashioned adventure yarns on the high seas.

Other Avi Books:Crispin and the Cross of lead• A nameless boy accused of a murder he

did not commit must flee his village to escape his enemies.

• He later becomes the servant of a man named “Bear” whom he must eventually save in a riveting battle in his enemy’s fortress.

It is through these experiences and others that he finds his true self.

Other Great Reads

When word gets out that their one-room school house is being closed, 14-year-old Ida decides to become a teacher!

Horace is the apprentice of a lazy, greedy photographer. He wants to become a photographer too, but as he starts taking pictures, he discovers more to his photographs than anyone would expect!