false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174864713m/448342.jpg 295654 7 Shiver me timbers! Bloody Jack is back and this time, she's facing a situation far worse than a ship full of murderous pirates. <I>Curse of the Blue Tattoo</I>, L.A. Meyer's sequel to the enormously popular <I>Bloody Jack: Being an Account of the Curious Adventures of Mary "Jacky" Faber, Ship's Boy</I> is just as bawdy and entertaining as the original. Left in Boston by the H.M.S. <I>Dolphin/<I> crew when they discover her true sex, Jacky Faber finds herself navigating entirely new waters. It turns out that bloodthirsty buccaneers have nothing on the young ladies at the Lawson Peabody School! As Jacky observes, "they're like any bunch of thirty or so cats thrown in a sack and shaken up good. They're mean in ways that boys never even thought of being." It isn't long before Jacky shows her true colors by being arrested for "exposing a Female Part" (her knee) while jigging in the streets and is "busted down" to serving girl instead of student. Jacky soldiers on, getting herself into scrapes that her darling beau midshipman Jaimy Fletcher couldn't even begin to imagine, including uncovering a shady minister's evil secret and fixing a horse race with voodoo. And where in the world is seafaring Jaimy? As her letters to him continue to go unanswered, Jacky grows more and more worried. Still, at book's end she takes an assignment as "lady's companion" to the captain's wife aboard a whaler headed for London. Astute readers will notice that the whaler's crabby captain has a peg leg and won't be surprised if in the next Bloody Jack Adventure, Jacky ends up hunting the great white whale!<p> Utterly engaging and incredibly well-paced,<I>Curse of the Blue Tattoo</I> is the very best kind of historical fiction: the kind that won't leave teens snoring. Meyer effortlessly maintains Jacky's sassy voice and conflicted conscience in what is shaping up to be a great series. While many readers will groan with despair as Jacky sets off yet again at the end of the book, they will also sigh with relief that they will most likely be meeting her again! <I>--Jennifer Hubert</I> 1125206 2004 Curse of the Blue Tattoo: Being an Account of the Misadventures of Jacky Faber, Midshipman and Fine Lady (Bloody Jack, Book 2) total:1069|5:487|4:401|3:144|2:28|1:9| 1069 4536 1348 148 5 1 false false Tue Jul 22 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 22 15:40:23 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 23 12:30:10 -0700 2008
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I should have trusted. This isn't any girl, this is Jacky Faber, who gets herself into any number of delightful...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 02 17:26:38 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 02 17:30:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jul 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 14:34:36 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 14:35:32 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Aug 12 22:29:55 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 26 20:04:00 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Feb 25 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 08 18:29:45 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 25 19:28:29 -0800 2009
Jacky has offically left the navy, but she's still in constant trouble. It starts when she was caught playing her whistle in public then "nailed, jailed, and derailed"...more...]]> 0 0 false false Tue Jun 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 12:37:07 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 11:27:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 20 18:09:10 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 20 19:06:56 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Mar 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 09 14:17:02 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 09 14:36:19 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Oct 01 10:50:25 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 17:10:26 -0700 2009 Her love of adventure is infectious. She h...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Oct 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 18:40:11 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 18:44:36 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jun 21 19:36:12 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 21 19:42:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jul 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 19 18:30:08 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 06:09:34 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Thu Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Fri Oct 12 12:11:02 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 12 12:11:02 -0700 2007 more...]]> 1 0 false false Wed Dec 21 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Sat Apr 14 14:49:26 -0700 2007 Sat May 05 21:06:23 -0700 2007
I found the book at the library and thought it looked interesting enough to pick up. I found that it was badly written, badly plotted, had an unsympathetic main character, and no reso...more...]]> 0 0 false false Tue Nov 03 08:01:12 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 03 08:02:53 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Mar 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 25 10:10:44 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 10 12:18:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 22 11:06:49 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 22 11:14:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=448342