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"Entertaining."--"Booklist" (starred review)
"Sure to please fans of the first title, this adventure-packed historical novel also stands on its own."--"School Library Journal"
"Compelling."--"VOYA" (5Q--highest rating)
"Sure to please fans of the first title, this adventure-packed historical novel also stands on its own."--"School Library Journal"
"Compelling."--"VOYA" (5Q--highest rating)
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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. But growing up on the streets of London and fighting pirates never prepared Jacky for her toughest battle yet: learning how to be a fine lady. Everything she does is wrong. Her embroidery is deplorable, her French is atrocious, and her table manners - disgusting! Then there's the small matter of her blue anchor tattoo...Despite her best efforts, Jacky can't seem to stay out of trouble long enough to dedicate herself to being ladylike. But what fun would that be, anyway?
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Brilliant. Excellant. Nail biting. Funny. Re readable and re laughable and excellant. Girls/women love it, men/boys love. Great, great, book.
Format:Paperback
Bloody Jack is back! Only this time she's trying to go by the name of Miss Faber and if she thought she had trouble being a boy she's about to find out being a Lady is ten times harder!
Jacky's voice is, as before, charming, honest and of course reckless as she does try her best to be good, and yet never quite manages it. She does however get into plenty of situations, (each one worse than the last), make a ton of new friends, (and a couple of enemies) and sigh over her far away Jaimy (though not too much).
The second in the "Bloody Jack Adventures" is just as high paced and exciting as the last and just as brilliant!
Jacky's voice is, as before, charming, honest and of course reckless as she does try her best to be good, and yet never quite manages it. She does however get into plenty of situations, (each one worse than the last), make a ton of new friends, (and a couple of enemies) and sigh over her far away Jaimy (though not too much).
The second in the "Bloody Jack Adventures" is just as high paced and exciting as the last and just as brilliant!
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Curse of the Blue Tattoo- an excellent book
9 Nov 2004
Format:Hardcover
Curse of the Blue Tattoo continues the adventures of Jacky Faber after she is sent from the HMS Dolphin after her true gender is disclosed. Jacky is forced to leave her love, Jaimy for a boarding school in Boston, where she is taken to become a "lady".
Jacky soon, on one of her secret trips out of school, shows her knee while dancing for a group of sailors. She is arrested and sent back to her school in disgrace. Miss Pimm, the headmistress demotes Jacky to a serving girl.
Jacky's exploits continue, including many trips to her friend Amy's farm, a murderous Reverend, and entertaining at an inn. Her numerous adventures kept me reading late at night, and although I cannot promise that it will interest you, I would highly recommend this book (after reading its prequel, Bloody Jack).
Jacky soon, on one of her secret trips out of school, shows her knee while dancing for a group of sailors. She is arrested and sent back to her school in disgrace. Miss Pimm, the headmistress demotes Jacky to a serving girl.
Jacky's exploits continue, including many trips to her friend Amy's farm, a murderous Reverend, and entertaining at an inn. Her numerous adventures kept me reading late at night, and although I cannot promise that it will interest you, I would highly recommend this book (after reading its prequel, Bloody Jack).
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Well Done, once again
9 July 2004
Format:Hardcover
Let me tell you something: Creating a sequel to such a great book like "Bloody Jack", is a hard task. But, Mr. Meyer has done it, and he has done it very well. Although the second book does not have as much action as the first, it has just as good of a plot, story and theme. When i found out Mr. Meyer was to make a sequel, i asked myself, "How can he write a sequel and not have the same story line? Obviously she cannot hide the fact that she is a girl any longer, which means she cannot sail the seas. How will Mr. Meyer accomplish the task of writing a second chapter in the Bloody Jack tales? And if he does, will he be succesful?"
The Answer is, yes, this story is equally good, no, equally GREAT as the first one. Nice work Mr. Meyer.
9 of 11 people found the following review helpful
"Bloody" Terrific
14 Oct 2004
Format:Hardcover
This is one of the best books for young adults (and up!) to come around for a long time. Though the plot is, at times, not exceptionally unique, Jacky's plucky narrative voice smooths all ruffles. At the end of "Bloody Jack," the prequel to "Curse," autor L.A. Meyer left our heroine standing on a dock in Boston, waiting to be taken to finishing school. This book picks up precisely where the last left off, and as we might expect, Jacky does not even begin to fit in with the priveleged, proper girls at Mistress Pimm's School for Fine Young Ladies. Woven into the story line is a disguised suicide that turns out to be an unsolved murder, a strained young love, and of course, heaping helpings of Jacky's charming wit and innocent naivete that we loved from the first book. (This one's even better.) The ending is a big surprise, even though in hindsight we realize we should've been expecting it - and until that point, you won't be able to put it down. Well worth the read!
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