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Read-Alikes for
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
by Avi
Viewpoint, our book discussion group for students in
grades 6-8, read and discussed The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle. If you liked this book,
you may also like reading other books by this author:
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| Blue Heron
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by Avi
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YA FIC AVI
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Spending the summer with her dad is usually a fun vacation for Maggie, but this year is different. She finds peace watching a great blue heron, which seems almost magical to her. When she meets Tucker, a boy who intends to the shoot heron, Maggie's mission is tofind a way to prevent this.
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| Bright Shadow
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by Avi
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J AVI
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Having used four of the five wishes she was granted to make on behalf of the citizens of her country, Morwenna flees the kingdom to decide what to do with the last wish.
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| Devil's Race
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by Avi
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JH AVI
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John Proud is tormented by the ghost of an evil ancestor, with the same name and his own face, who was hanged in 1854 for being a demon.
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| Nothing But The Truth
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by Avi
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JH AVI
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Memos, diary entries and conversations tell of Philip's attempt to get out of Miss Narwin's class by humming during the playing of the National Anthem. The incident is blown out of proportion with results that Philip never expected.
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MORE BOOKS TO ENJOY:
Look for these exciting travel adventures. |
| The Illyrian Adventure
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by Lloyd Alexander
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J ALE
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On a visit to a remote European kingdom in 1872, a fearless 16-year-old orphan and her guardian research an ancient legend and become enmeshed in a dangerous rebellion.
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| Searching For Candlestick Park
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by Peg Kehret
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J KEH
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Determined to find his father and relive their good times, 12-year-old Spencer takes his cat, slips away from home in Seattle, and sets out for San Francisco's Candlestick Park.
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| Black Star, Bright Dawn
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by Scott O'Dell
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JH ODE
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When her father is injured in a training run, it becomes Bright Dawn's responsibility to run the grueling Iditarod dog sled race for her village.
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| The Car
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by Gary Paulsen
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JH PAU
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Abandoned by his parents, Terry travels cross-country in a kit car that he built himself. Along the way, he joins forces with two Vietnam veterans who take him on an eye-opening journey.
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| Dogsong
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by Gary Paulsen
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JH PAU
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Russell Susskit, a young Eskimo boy, comes of age as he undertakes a perilous dogsled journey seeking the heritage of his ancestors.
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| Walking Up a Rainbow
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by Theodore Taylor
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JH TAY
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| After the death of her parents, Susan Carlisle undertakes a dangerous sheep drive to California to save her heavily-mortgaged home.
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This list was prepared by Youth Services at St. Charles Public Library,
August 1998.
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