Under the Jolly Roger: Being an Account of the Further Nautical Adventures of Jacky Faber (Bloody...
After leaving the Lawson Peabody School for Young Girls in Boston--under dire circumstances, of course--Jacky Faber boards a whaling ship bound for...
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Oct 11, 2011
Courtney
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The book where Jacky becomes a "pirate". I'd been looking forward to reading this one. It was still an amazing read, as Meyer's Bloody Jack books always are. However, I found myself wishing this one was as good as the last book, as it was falling a bit short.
I loved the first half of it, although I was a bit iffy at first. In some ways it felt a bit like the first book. At some point I changed my opinion and came to appreciate her fight on the Wolverine.
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I loved the first half of it, although I was a bit iffy at first. In some ways it felt a bit like the first book. At some point I changed my opinion and came to appreciate her fight on the Wolverine.
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Jun 14, 2011
Linda
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Waiting for the ferry to San Juan Island, I wandered over to their small coffee kiosk. While waiting for my order I asked the barista what he was reading. I don't remember the exact title, but it had to do with a girl who became a pirate and his description was very intriguing.
This weekend in San Diego's Maritime Museum, I found several books with a cover similar to the one he showed me. And I did remember that he had mentioned something about "Bloody Jack." So I bought More...
This weekend in San Diego's Maritime Museum, I found several books with a cover similar to the one he showed me. And I did remember that he had mentioned something about "Bloody Jack." So I bought More...
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Jan 30, 2011
Jillian -always aspiring-
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Sixteen-year-old Jillian's thoughts on Under the Jolly Roger: Being an Account of the Further Nautical Adventures of Jacky Faber:
Huh, well, I need something to read now that I blew so fast through Twilight and New Moon. (Note from twenty-year-old Jillian: Please pity sixteen-year-old me because she often got side-tracked with reading in the lulls between Harry Potter books. After a few bad run-ins with adult novels, she was very wary to pick up any book for fear she would have bad More...
Huh, well, I need something to read now that I blew so fast through Twilight and New Moon. (Note from twenty-year-old Jillian: Please pity sixteen-year-old me because she often got side-tracked with reading in the lulls between Harry Potter books. After a few bad run-ins with adult novels, she was very wary to pick up any book for fear she would have bad More...
Jul 26, 2009
Rachel
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Another excellent book by L.A. Meyer. Jacky manages to find her way back to England only to mistake a lady Jaimy is with as his girlfriend, when it is instead his cousin. On the way back to her hotel, she is mistaken for a boy again and put onto a press gang and she ends on another of His Majesty's ships as a sailor. She makes the best of it and eventually by a total freak accident ends up captain of the same ship and does some privateering in the name of the crown and gets her own ship. I thoug
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Jan 02, 2010
Morgan
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This one was the best in the series in my opinion. It really set the course for the next few books. In this book, Jacky becomes a pirate. In all the books, I like Jacky as a pirate the best.
Also, did anyone notice how Jaimy is always gone? in every book, there is a short encounter of some sort and then they are torn apart again. I fond that Jaimy really isn't a very strong character. There is almost no character development and he's just plain boring.
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Also, did anyone notice how Jaimy is always gone? in every book, there is a short encounter of some sort and then they are torn apart again. I fond that Jaimy really isn't a very strong character. There is almost no character development and he's just plain boring.
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Apr 22, 2010
Justin
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Jun 17, 2011
Nancy
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When her time at the Lawson Peabody School for Young Girls ends poorly (and with the city of Boston in flames), Jacky Faber decides to head back to London to reunite with her beloved Jaimy Fletcher. But when she witnesses evidence that Jaimy has been unfaithful to her, she panics and runs straight into a press gang. As Jacky is dressed in male garb, they mistake her for a boy and attempt to press her into service on a ship. When Jacky reveals her true gender, she is horrified with the ship's cap
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Jan 18, 2011
Libby
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Under the Jolly Roger does not have lyrical writing or profound insights on life and people. I rate it a five star book purely for great characters and satisfying entertainment. Jacky's adventures are not entirely believable, but they certainly are enjoyable. Jacky herself is a wonderfully winning character with charm, wit, a penchant for trouble, and the ability to see the best in everyone and every situation.
After book 2 (Curse of the Blue Tattoo) where Jacky was constantly met More...
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May 08, 2009
Tia
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This was my favorite of the series so far! Totally loved it! Finished it yesterday and had to pick up the next one right away, even though I aready have other books waiting to be read. The blurb pretty much says it all.
BLURB: Leaving Boston behind her, Jacky Faber, is on the run again. In this third installment in the series, the orphan girl from the streets of London returns to her native land in search of her true love, Jaimy Fletcher. But Jacky's free and easy spirit can never sta More...
BLURB: Leaving Boston behind her, Jacky Faber, is on the run again. In this third installment in the series, the orphan girl from the streets of London returns to her native land in search of her true love, Jaimy Fletcher. But Jacky's free and easy spirit can never sta More...
Nov 28, 2010
Sarah
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Jacky Faber returns better than ever in this third installment of L.A. Meyer's brilliant Bloody Jack series. There's little that can be said about the page turning, or in my case, cd flipping, action without spoiling these books for those who haven't started the series yet. If you haven't started the series, what are you waiting for?!?! It's hard to imagine any teen or adult, male or female, not enjoying Jacky's adventures, particularly as she must once again battle the elements and the natur
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May 02, 2009
Jean
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What can I say--I am a big fan of these adventures on audiobook, narrated by Katherine Kellgren. I didn't think I was a swashbuckler-lovin' gal. But Jacky Faber is a one sassy heroine. Her outrageous personality fuels and is fueled by all the sea-faring conniving and fighting, the triumph and merriment, the cliffhangers and impossible feats. Plus, in all the fun I always learn something about world history, economics, geography, maritime law, etc...
Funny and highly entertaining! (See " More...
Funny and highly entertaining! (See " More...
Sep 03, 2008
Angie
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This is my favorite by far in the series. There is tons of dramatic irony and tons of playful romance, which I love. Also this is the one where the characters are mostly at sea and all of the adventure deals with pirateing. It is a great read.
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Dec 20, 2010
kari
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In this installment of Jacky's story, she ships out from Boston, ends up once again on one of His Majesty's ships and finally becomes a privateer. Wow, this is one busy girl.
This one had just a bit too much of the sea battles for me personally, but that didn't stop my enjoyment of the story. Jacky remains one of my favorite heriones, even when I know that the choices she's making aren't going to end up well for her, I still hope she succeeds.
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This one had just a bit too much of the sea battles for me personally, but that didn't stop my enjoyment of the story. Jacky remains one of my favorite heriones, even when I know that the choices she's making aren't going to end up well for her, I still hope she succeeds.
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Dec 30, 2010
Cassi aka Snow White
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These books should be listened to on audiobook! Up front I want everyone to know that the narrator is amazing, the accent spot on and the book is "look ridiculous laughing while driving" fun.
Favorite book so far in the series. Gone is the mopey Jackie of book 2, away from the Puritans and ladies of the Lawson Peabody School for Girls and back on the high seas at last. And that's where Jacky and this series belong!
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Favorite book so far in the series. Gone is the mopey Jackie of book 2, away from the Puritans and ladies of the Lawson Peabody School for Girls and back on the high seas at last. And that's where Jacky and this series belong!
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Nov 10, 2011
Riannon
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I felt like this book was a lot more of what had already been done in the first two books, except that now it isn't new anymore. I also found the second book much funnier. This one didn't make me laugh as much, although it did still have a few moments. I did feel that Jacky sets a very unfair double standard for poor Jaimy (she considers herself "betrayed" because there is a girl sitting by him who holds his hand and kisses his cheek, but is fine with a few "stolen kisses" be
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Nov 08, 2009
Katie
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I will say, I like this series more and more. I'm bummed out I am on hold for the fourth one. I hear good things about it and I can't wait for Jacky to be back with her cohorts in Boston. I'm bummed out all over again that I don't have it. Dang.
I really enjoyed this book. I liked that she was back on the sea. All the nautical explanations did get a bit boring but it is easy to skim over the details of every single thing on the stinking boat. Loved her reunion with Jaimy. Still lik More...
I really enjoyed this book. I liked that she was back on the sea. All the nautical explanations did get a bit boring but it is easy to skim over the details of every single thing on the stinking boat. Loved her reunion with Jaimy. Still lik More...
May 08, 2010
Tara
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Yet another fun, fabulous read about the fiesty heroine, Jacky Faber. In this, the third installment of her adventures, Jacky has left behind a burning Boston (literally!) and is now back to a life at sea. First stop: England. Things don't work out very well for Jacky in England tho.. She is kicked out of her beloved Jaimy's house and then sees him with another woman and well, rather than wait for any kind of explanation (It is the hotheaded Jacky Faber we are talking about here) she runs awa
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Jul 08, 2011
Melanie
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Took me a bit longer to finish this book compared to the first two. Although having a 1 month old baby and finding out I have a herniated disk in my back has put a slight damper on things. I have really just enjoyed this series for the sheer fun of the adventure factor. Its nice to get lost in book for awhile and this is definitely a series worth checking into if you are looking for a fast fun read. I usually dont get into series books much but this series has been fun. I love that the main char
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Jan 25, 2012
Karen
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this book is awesome! nice book so detailed and stuff although there is parts in it that...um, has some love there. iam eleven years old please don't be suprised i actually dont understand most words in it anyway, i found this book in my school library and it looks awesome cos jolly roger is kind of the cool things. im sorry cos i didnt see that this book is for ages 12 and up but eleven is near 12 so it might be ok. dont worry the love parts won't affect my brains. the only bad thing here is t
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Oct 20, 2011
Jamie
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I'm having so much fun with this series. Listening to it on CD is making my commute the highlight of my day sometimes (not always, that would be lame). This 3rd book sees Jacky Faber back on the high seas where she belongs. I've come to love Jacky so much that I find myself talking aloud while I'm listening, "Gah, Jacky! Don't do it! You're going to get yourself in trouble! Again!"
Like I've said before, I'm not sure if the book on it's own really is worth five stars, or if More...
Like I've said before, I'm not sure if the book on it's own really is worth five stars, or if More...
Jan 19, 2011
Dotty
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Jacky about to reclaim her love thinks he is smitten with another and she takes off. Picked up by a press-gang she is put on the ship, Wolverine, captained by a drugged, evil man. Eventually she takes over the ship and starts to capture smugglers. She gets her own ship setting up a legitimate pirate operation. But then the British crown discovers the ship she owns was one she took but didn’t turn in to the admiralty and now there is a price on her head. She is captured, reunites with her tr
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Sep 22, 2009
Alline
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Well, in this one Jacky works on the whaling ship Pequod with an obsessed captain and a deckhand named Starbuck (roll eyes here) and eventually becomes Captain of a British Warship. Will the madness ever end? Why do I keep reading these? Because the intrepid Jacky Faber fulfills all of the mad fantasies that good girls were never before really encouraged to embrace, and she does it in a BIG, over-the-top way. I wish she would have been around when I was at an impressionable age (although, should
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Apr 29, 2011
Nielson
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Oh my gosh I am completely obsessed with these books! I just finished listening to this on my iPod and I loved it just as much as the first two! Jacky is of course up to her usual antics and mischief in this one as she gets taken by a press gang onto HMS Wolverine, where ultimately she becomes the captain (by default as the captain dies while trying to take advantage of her), gets her own ship (hooray!), the Emerald (and this by keeping one of the three ships the Wolverine captured...all in the
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Jan 23, 2011
Jessica
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I finished this book a day ago so it’s not as fresh in my mind as when I reviewed the two previous books of the series, but I am still in total love with the series, and my sleep is STILL suffering for it. Unfortunately work has kicked up a notch and I shan’t be plowing my way through the series, but pecking at it slowly.
Every time I put down a damn book in this series, and especially this one at the end, I find my hand a-creeping towards it, for I just have to know, what will happen to ou More...
Every time I put down a damn book in this series, and especially this one at the end, I find my hand a-creeping towards it, for I just have to know, what will happen to ou More...
Dec 17, 2011
Erin
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Review of Under the Jolly Roger By: L.A. Meyer
4 of 5 stars
Jacky and I have what you would call a love/hate relationship. At times I love her, but at others I just kind of want to punch her in the face for her rash decisions! And this is actually a good thing, every book needs one of those characters that annoy you sometimes, it makes it a good book.
I have loved this series for a while now, okay so maybe for only a year or two, and I am currently rereading them. Whe More...
4 of 5 stars
Jacky and I have what you would call a love/hate relationship. At times I love her, but at others I just kind of want to punch her in the face for her rash decisions! And this is actually a good thing, every book needs one of those characters that annoy you sometimes, it makes it a good book.
I have loved this series for a while now, okay so maybe for only a year or two, and I am currently rereading them. Whe More...
Sep 29, 2011
Stephanie
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I didn't find that I enjoyed this one as fully as the second book. I felt some parts were a bit repetitive as the Wolverine and then the Emerald started pirating other ships. I don't mind a lot of technical talk in books because often I find it interesting and informative. There were parts, though, that I started to skim because I couldn't quite imagine the differences between the Royal Topmast and the Royal Midmast and so on. But...this is a ship book, so I knew what I was in for.
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Oct 23, 2010
Tammy
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Picking up a Jacky Faber book is like getting in touch with a long lost friend. Grab a cup a coffee, settle in to a comfy spot and get ready to listen.
Under the Jolly Roger-Being an Account of the Further Nautical Adventures of Jacky Faber is the 3rd book in the series. The year is 1804 and our spirited heroine Jacky is 15. She's left the Lawson Peabody School for Young Girls(in ashes) and high tailed it out of Boston. The story picks up where Jacky has arrived in London More...
Picking up a Jacky Faber book is like getting in touch with a long lost friend. Grab a cup a coffee, settle in to a comfy spot and get ready to listen.
Under the Jolly Roger-Being an Account of the Further Nautical Adventures of Jacky Faber is the 3rd book in the series. The year is 1804 and our spirited heroine Jacky is 15. She's left the Lawson Peabody School for Young Girls(in ashes) and high tailed it out of Boston. The story picks up where Jacky has arrived in London More...
Apr 06, 2011
Lady
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Admittedly, the only reason I even picked this third volume of Jacky's adventure up, was because I was sick in bed and the idea of a swashbuckling story (no matter how annoying the main character) appealed. However, this book is a VAST improvement over the previous two... okay, maybe it's my opinon of Jacky....
Jacky's maturity level has always irritated me, and while I know how young she is, based on her background I always expect more common sense. Not that there weren't moments whe More...
Jacky's maturity level has always irritated me, and while I know how young she is, based on her background I always expect more common sense. Not that there weren't moments whe More...
Nov 25, 2010
Nicole
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This book is the third book in a series about a girl in the 1800s named Jacky Faber. I have spent the past week or so reading the whole series and being pretty much otherwise useless, but instead of adding all the books to my list here, I'm just adding this one as it's my favourite. It can represent the entire series.
Book 1: Bloody Jack
Book 2: The Curse of the Blue Tattoo
Book 3: Under the Jolly Roger
Book 4: In the Belly of the Bloodhound
Book 5: Mississippi Jac More...
Book 1: Bloody Jack
Book 2: The Curse of the Blue Tattoo
Book 3: Under the Jolly Roger
Book 4: In the Belly of the Bloodhound
Book 5: Mississippi Jac More...
