<DIV>Avi's treasured Newbery Honor Book now in expanded After Words edition!<br><br>Thirteen-year-old Charlotte Doyle is excited to return home from her school in England to her family in Rhode Island in the summer of 1832.<br><br>But when the two families she was supposed to travel with mysteriously cancel their trips, Charlotte finds herself the lone passenger on a long sea voyage with a cruel captain and a mutinous crew. Worse yet, soon after stepping aboard the ship, she becomes enmeshed in a conflict between them! What begins as an eagerly anticipated ocean crossing turns into a harrowing journey, where Charlotte gains a villainous enemy . . . and is put on trial for murder!<br><br>After Words material includes author Q & A, journal writing tips, and other activities that bring Charlotte's world to life!<br></div>