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Loading... Under the Jolly Roger: Being an Account of the Further Nautical Adventures of Jacky Faber (Bloody Jack Adventures) (edition 2007)by L. A. Meyer
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. I've read all the Bloody Jack books so far as audio books and I'm so glad I have. Katherine Kellgren really makes Jacky come alive! She gets into the characters and it's not just a person reading a book, but an actress playing the part. Not to give away too much, but I cried right along with Jacky when the ship went down. I don't think I would have enjoyed the series nearly as much if I was reading a physical copy of the book. In her third adventure, Mary "Jacky" Faber returns to England, determined to reunite with her dear Jaimy after trying and failing to become a "lady" at finishing school in Boston. Dressed as a boy to gain access to the grounds without an escort, she sees Jaimy with another girl and flees, only to be press-ganged and finds herself involved in the Napoleonic wars, on a ship patrolling the English Channel. Jacky's over-the-top adventures are fun and light reading. Katherine Kellgren does a phenomenal job narrating the series, from Jacky's first-person account to the various Irish, English, American, and French accents that the series calls for. I've discovered I'm not a huge fan of the adventure genre and would probably rather stick with a straightforward historical fiction rather than second-guessing whether a girl of that time would really ____ (fill in the blank with the latest twist and turn in the story), but it's entertaining when I'm in the right mood. no reviews | add a review
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HTML: After leaving the Lawson Peabody School for Young Girls in Bostonā??under dire circumstances, of courseā??Jacky Faber boards a whaling ship bound for London, where she hopes to find her beloved Jaimy. But things don't go as planned, and soon Jacky is off on a wild misadventure at sea. She thwarts the lecherous advances of a crazy captain, rallies sailors to her side, and ultimately gains command of a ship in His Majesty's Royal Navy. But Jacky's adventures don't end there. . . . Includes a teaser to Jacky's next adventure, In the Belly of the Bloodhound No library descriptions found. |
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I sometimes wish I could edit out the sexual violence parts so that I could recommend these books to younger readers. But it's (sadly) realistic that a girl like Jacky would face many threats to her maidenhood. ( )