1. When did you realize who the head in the hold had to be? What gave him away?

2. Why would Charlotte Doyle think the Seahawk was her home at the end of The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle?

3. Did the appendix help you to understand what was happening on the Seahawk? Is there more information you would like to have?

4. Charlotte's father is an officer in the company that owns the Seahawk. How likely is she to escape him by joining the crew of the Seahawk?

5. Why would Charlotte believe that her father would understand what happened to her? Why does he not understand?

6. Charlotte is thirteen years old. Is that too young for someone to run off to become a sailor?

7. The crew of the Seahawk were willing to allow Charlotte to hang for a crime they believed someone else committed. Why would Charlotte...