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Curse of the Blue Tattoo : Being an Account of the Misadventures of Jacky Faber, Midshipman and Fine Lady (Bloody Jack Adventures) 2004 г 496 стр ISBN 0152051155 инфо 7192i.
Curse of the Blue Tattoo : Being an Account of the Misadventures of Jacky Faber, Midshipman and Fine Lady (Bloody Jack Adventures) 2004 г 496 стр ISBN 0152051155 инфо 7192i.

AmazoncomShiver me timbers! Bloody Jack is back and this time, she’s facing a situation far worse than a ship full of murderous pirates Curse of the Blue Tattoo, LA Meyer’s sequel to the enormously popularаогчд Bloody Jack: Being an Account of the Curious Adventures of Mary "Jacky" Faber, Ship’s Boy is just as bawdy and entertaining as the original Left in Boston by the HMS Dolphin crew when they discover her true sex, Jacky Faber finds herself navigating entirбажеоely 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 inбнбзфstead 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! Utterly engaging and incredibly well-paced,Curse of the Blue Tattoo 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 desбсхдиpair 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! --Jennifer HubertBook Description After being exposed as a girl, Jacky Faber is forced to leave the Dolphin and attend the elite Lawson Peabody School for Young Girls in Boston But growing up on the streets of London and fighting pirates never prepared Jacky for her toughest battle yet: learning how to be a lady Everything she does is wrong Her embroidery is deplorable, her French is atrocious, and her table manners--disgusting! And whenever Jacky roams the city in search of adventure, trouble is never far behind Then there's the small matter of her blue anchor tattoo So will Jacky ever become a typical lady? Not bloody well likely! But whether she's triumphing over her snobbish classmates, avenging a serving girl's murder, or winning over a stubborn horse that's as fast as the wind, one thing's for sure: Jacky's new life in бтоюэBoston is just as exciting as her old one on the high seas.