This was the book of September picked by the Great Middle Grade Reads group. I listened to this by audiobook, so it took a while on my short commute. :) Spoilers ahoy, Mateys! I was intrigued by the beginning and interested to find out why no one wanted to go to Captain Jagary's ship! Then I was disgusted by the wishy-washy Charlotte and had to keep reminding myself of what she herself mentions about her lack of training in any sort of rebellion techniques. She was so used to going along with what she was told that she didn't even think to think for herself. My heart broke when she discovered the secret and then learned the horrible lesson afterward. Her days as a sailor were inspiring and I was happy that she was growing so much. I have to say, I hoped for the ending, but didn't expect to get it! But it certainly is hard to strap on a corset and full skirts and go back to not thinking for yourself when you've tasted freedom. Many of the stories of pioneering women I've read have had that same theme. Captain Jaggary was a terrible human being and brought everything on himself. I knew from the beginning that Charlotte was going to be tried for murder, but I sure was disappointed when it wasn't for murdering Jaggary! I'd have taken a knife to him myself. Charlotte's father was not the man that she thought he was when she told the captain that he would defend her choices. That made me sad for Charlotte. 
 They were like men recruited from the doormat of hell. 
 This made me laugh later when they were all her friends and she wanted to be one of them! 
 ...and there I was, joyous, new-made, liberated from a prison I thought was my proper place. 
 Freedom not yearned for because she had no idea it existed! 
 I have been skeptical of accounts of deceased heroes ever since. 
 Ha ha ha! After noting in the log how the captain and first mate died heroically in the hurricane, it was obvious to Charlotte that maybe not all of the heroic accounts she's heard are true. :)