Being an account of the curious adventures of mary jacky faber, ships boy, and then on to curse of the blue tattoo. Mary jacky faber is the protagonist of the bloody jack series. Bloody jack has some adventure but it also focuses a large part of the book on the relationships between the people on the ship. I enjoyed the misadventures that jacky was always getting into, and i liked how she was smart and intuitive. Bloody jack adventures 12 book series kindle edition. Meyer 19422014 was the acclaimed writer of the bloody jack adventure series, which follows the exploits of an impetuous heroine who has fought her way up from the squalid streets of london to become an adventurer of the highest order. Carrying on directly from the last in the series, this novel from meyer continues the adventures of jacky and her life on the seas and beyond. It is centered on an orphaned girl in london in the early 19th century.
Being an account of the misadventures of jacky faber, midshipman and fine lady. Meyer, a series of twelve books published between 2002 and 2014. Bloody jack season 1 audiobook please click subscribe button if you want more video. Bloody jack, the curse of the blue tattoo, and under the jolly roger. After leaving the lawson peabody school for young girls in boston under dire circumstances, of course jacky boards a whaling ship bound for london, where. Best book series ever this is by far the best book series ive ever read. Includes a teaser to jackys next adventure, in the belly of the bloodhound. Despite the fact that jacky does not consider herself attractive, nearly everyone she encounters is attracted to her. It accounts jackys time on the lorelei lee as she is taken to australia to serve a life sentence. Early in the first book, bloody jack, marys group cant find the leader, rooster charlie. All of those experiences helped him in the writing of.
Thats kinda a ril sice you buy the series and dont have the last. By the time i left elementary school i had completed the entire series as well as. The book series in question is the bloody jack adventures by the late l. I first heard about these books when i was looking at the odyssey awards which are given for the best audio books for children and teens each year and every year one of this series has been honored. The complete series list for bloody jack adventures l. There are soon to be 9 in the series a new volume to be released this fall, i believe. For the next twothree years, she made her living begging on the streets with a gang of street urchins led by a boy named rooster charlie. Bloody jack is a series of twelve young adult novels by l. Fine lady, and lily of the west bloody jack adventures book 5 by l. Youll need this video to solve a puzzle in the blue anchor line geoart series in st. Based around an orphan named mary faber, they chronicle her progress from 19th century era london as she joins a street gang. After a long hiatus, i finally got my hands on the next book of the bloody jack series. Meyer, he was best known for his youngadult historical series the jacky faber adventures, also known as the bloody jack series.
Before i even talk about the book, can i just say thats its getting tough to figure out the order of the books. Bloody jack adventure series the first three books by l. Being an account of the curious adventures of mary jacky faber, ships boy is a historical novel by l. Guild selection a new york public library book for the teen age. Borrow ebooks, audiobooks, and videos from thousands of public libraries worldwide. Romance, adventure, drama, and a heroine that makes you alternately cheer and wish to throttle her. Ill admit that the first book in the bloody jack series wasnt the greatest thing ever.
He also wrote two childrens picture books and was a painter. After being forced to leave hms dolphin and jaimy, her true love, jacky faber is making a new start at the elite lawson peabody school for young girls in boston. Bloody jack bloody jack adventures, book 1 by l a meyer. I highly recommend reading these books in order starting with bloody jack. Being an account of the curious adventures of mary. They also call me jack o and jock and the jackeroe, too, and, aye, its true ive been called bloody jack a. Meyer 19422014 was a painter and an author of childrens books, best known for his young adult historical novels in the jacky faber adventure series, also known as the bloody jack series. As jacky begins to mature, she creates a new uniform to hide the changes. The masteratarms takes the pistol from my hand, almost gently, and i turns and walks down the passageway. Meyer was born in the year 1942 in johnston, pennsylvania but spent most of his life in corea, maine. Well, the faber part, yes, the jacky part, no, but they call me jacky now and its fine with me. What began as a record of everything i read for one year quickly turned into a place to connect with other book lovers over our shared passion. If you are looking for an excellent work of historical fiction i recommend you add bloody jack. In mississippi jack, the fifth installment in the bloody jack series, the intrepid jacky faber, having once again eluded british authorities, heads west, hoping that no one will recognize her in the wilds of america.
Men are washing the bloody deck with hoses and buckets but i hardly sees em, and the reddish foam swirls around my ankles and runs out the scuppers but i. Great deals on one book or all books in the series. Bloody jack adventure has 25 entries in the series. Bloody jack is a series of nine young adult novels by l. After leaving the lawson peabody school for young girls in bostonunder dire circumstances, of course jacky boards a whaling ship bound for london, where. I find myself wishing id started reading these books sooner, when the author was still alive and the fanbase was more active, as not many people seem to be talking about this series these days. There she tricks the talltale hero mike fink out of his flatboat, equips it as a floating casinoshowboat, and heads south to new orleans, battling murderous bandits, british soldiers, and other scoundrels. In the previous book, rapture of the deep, jacky is forced by british naval. The story moves right along and in each book there are new plot twists i. He enlisted in the us navy and served for four years. Meyer, the bloody jack series is a popular line of book set within the young adult historical genre. The series ends with the 2014 novel wild rover no more.
All the a bloody jack adventure books in order toppsta. This is missing the two books in the series boston jacky and rover no more. Bloody jack is seriously one of the best books ever. Bloody jack curse of the blue tattoo under the jolly roger in the belly of the bloodhound mississippi jack my bonny light horseman rapture of the deep the wake of the lorelei lee the mark of the golden dragon viva jacquelina. The series follows jacky faber, an orphaned girl living on the streets of london during the late 18th century. Being an account of the misadventures of jacky faber, midshipman and fine lady, under the jolly roger. Gone are the days of scavenging for food and fighting for survival on the streets of eighteenthcentury london. Meyers bloody jack adventures in order of when the books were originally published which is also their chronological order. I made it into mississippi jack, the 5th book, but im getting annoyed by a few things in the series. The wake of the lorelei lee is the eighth book in the bloody jack series, and was released on september, 2010.
I read the first two books in the series in two days and would be working on the third if my ipod were not fully discharged. Meyer is the acclaimed writer of the bloody jack adventure series, which follows the exploits of an impetuous heroine who has fought her way up from the squalid streets of london to become an adventurer of the highest order. Being an account of the curious adventures of mary jacky faber, ships boy, curse of the blue tattoo. Begin this adventurous and suspenseful series with the inaugural bloody jack novels. She is an adventurous girl living in the 1800s, trying to find a balance between a happy life of freedom and a lawful one. There is not a dull moment in any of the first two books in this series. Ive been reading the bloody jack series since high school, and recently completed a reread of the series by audiobook highly recommended. The first three books bloody jack adventures by l a meyer book cover, description, publication. Are there any other books similar to bloody jack by l.
The first book in the bloody jack adventures series a novel by l a meyer. When her gangs leader is murdered, she takes his clothes and masquerades as a boy. Being an account of the further nautical adventures of jacky faber, and several more. Being an account of the misadventures of jacky fab. Download and read online for free bloody jack by l a meyer. Meyer actually defied this trope by writing the last book in the series in advance and placing it in storage so jackie and her fans would still get their happy ending if he failed to survive his final illness. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers.
My name is jacky faber and in london i was born, but, no, i wasnt born with that name. Meyers bloody jack books and each one gets better than the last. The bloody jack adventures began in 2002 with the novel bloody jack. Mary goes to look for him and finds him dead on the street. Meyer, was a well known author who has written bloody jack series. Life as a ships boy aboard hms dolphin is a dream come true for jacky faber.
He was born in pennsylvania, and his father was a us army office, so he spent much of his childhood moving around with his family. Bloody jack adventures is a series of ya historical fiction novels by american novelist l. Read all the books in the bloody jack adventures series from hmh books. In the third book of the bloody jack series, unlikely heroine jacky faber, a pirate at heart, returns to the sea in a truly swashbuckling tale filled with good humour, wit, and courage. Meyer was an art teacher, an illustrator, a designer, a naval officer, and a gallery owner. I would recommend this to my daughter and any of my friends who enjoy women involved in adventure. Meyer january 1, 1942 july 29, 2014, was a maine author. Being an account of the curious adventures of mary jacky faber, ships boy by l. The wake of the lorelei lee bloody jack wiki fandom. The book is entertaining to the point of addiction. Bloody jack by l a meyer at the best online ebook storage. Reduced to begging and thievery in the streets of london, a thirteenyearold orphan disguises herself as a boy and connives her way onto a british warship set for high sea adventure in search of pirates. He and his wife operate an art gallery near their home in a.
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