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    Curse of the Blue Tattoo: A Bloody Jack Adventure
    Curse of the Blue Tattoo: A Bloody Jack Adventure
    Curse of the Blue Tattoo: A Bloody Jack Adventure
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    Curse of the Blue Tattoo: A Bloody Jack Adventure

    Written by L. A. Meyer

    Narrated by Katherine Kellgren

    4/5

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    About this audiobook

    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, L.A. Meyer's sequel to the enormously popular Bloody Jack is just as bawdy and entertaining as the original.

    Left in Boston by the H.M.S. Dolphin 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)2008 Listen & Live Audio, Inc.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherListen & Live Audio
    Release dateJan 1, 2004
    ISBN9781593163969
    Curse of the Blue Tattoo: A Bloody Jack Adventure
    Author

    L. A. Meyer

    L. A. Meyer (1942–2014) 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. Mr. Meyer was an art teacher, an illustrator, a designer, a naval officer, and a gallery owner. All of those experiences helped him in the writing of his curious tales of the beloved Jacky Faber. Visit www.jackyfaber.com for more information on the author and his books.  

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    • 4/5
      Narrated by Katherine Kellgren. Former ship boy Jacky Faber's adventures continue on land as she attempts to learn how to become a lady at a girls' boarding school. But Jacky is too irrepressible to be refined as she gets into dangerous scrapes and engages in behavior so not becoming of a virtuous young woman of the times! And that's why we love her, for her moxie. Kellgren narrates Jacky's story with full-on gusto...she IS Jacky Faber, and well-deserving of the Odyssey Award this production won. Very entertaining pool-side listening while on vacation.
    • 5/5
      Honestly? I have no words to describe my love for this series. Thank you so much for bringing these books to life for me and for all if us. You all involved have no idea how much you've saved me. Thank you
    • 4/5
      (Book 2 of the series.) It’s 1803 in Boston. Jacky is off her ship since they found out she’s a girl and is at a boarding school (I missed where the money came from to pay for it). The school is meant to teach this orphan and former homeless waif and sometimes thief to be a “lady”. Of course, she really doesn’t fit in and she learns how mean some girls can be. However, she still manages to make a friend in outcast Amy. Jacky misses beau Jaimy and writes plenty of letters, hoping to catch him on whatever ship he is now on. And she tries to stay out of the way of the Reverend(?) Mather. I listened to the audio and really liked this! The narrator is very good, with Jacky’s cockney accent and any other accents thrown her way. Jacky’s fun, but can go a little too far, sometimes, for sure. But a very enjoyable book and enjoyable series.
    • 4/5
      This audiobook was a great antidote to a bad mood. It's only the second book which I'd read before, but this one had Jackie running all over old Boston. It's fun to imagine the familiar streets in a difference era. The series has gone on a bit too long, but these early ones are still fun.
    • 4/5
      Usually, I hate melodrama. But when it is over the top and very amusing, it's fine !

      Very entertaining.
    • 4/5
      I love the stories and the characters - especially Jack, Amy, and Ezra. The strong tomboy turned lady is a jack-of-all-trades and takes us through significant historical times.

      The language and graphic descriptions are pretty near to pornographic, though. It's too bad. I can't believe a young adult novel can contain such descriptions. Makes me wonder about the author...
    • 3/5
      Jacky has been taken to the Lawson Peabody School for Girls so that she may be turned into a lady. Just like in the previous novel Jacky tries to be a good girl but she is constantly pushing her luck. When she first arrives at the school only one of the ladies will speak with her. However her effervescent personality and her loyalty win her friends among the staff and among other Bostonians, and eventually among some of the other young ladies. She manages to get arrested and demoted to chamber maid, however that still doesn't keep her spirits down. Of course chief among her worries is that she hasn't heard anything from Jamie since she got into Boston and fears he's forgotten her.

      Firstly the historical detail of these books is incredible. Obviously Meyer does her research into the time period, the clothing, the military and everything else you can think of. Jacky is a very interesting character. It was clear from the beginning that she was going to have trouble at the school. Living on the streets and then spending time as a boy have given her a certain measure of straight forwardness that is quite common in women today, however at that time is considered vulgarity. Watching Jacky struggle with girls that have been raised to be subtle in their anger and hatred made me feel sympathetic. Even outside of the school, the freedom Jacky is accustomed to leads to problems. It's frightening how there are no protections for woman and how they can be treated so poorly b/c they are essentially considered property and that even though someone did something to them the woman can be considered at fault. It made me appreciate how far we have come, even though things are still not as equal as I would always like.

      Jacky does still lead an adventurous life even by our standards. She's incredibly brave and has a sense of justice and fairness that really makes me like her. She likes to have fun and wants others to have fun.
    • 4/5
      Although I personally didn’t enjoy The Curse of the Blue Tattoo as much as the first Jacky Faber book, I have no doubt that if I was eleven or twelve, I would be totally swept away by this book. Even at my advanced age, I was quite taken with Jacky and her trials.After being discovered to be a girl, Jacky is put off the Dolphin and is sent to a young lady’s school in Boston. Jacky soon realizes just how far she is from being the “lady” that Jamie, the love of her life, wishes her to be. Of course, being Jacky, she is soon involved in a number of adventures as she goes about helping friends and setting wrongs to right. Although the plot was a familiar one and the characters very predictable, one can’t help but find this a fun read. Jacky is a fearless, ardent young person and she makes me long to join her “Dread Sisterhood”. Curse of the Blue Tattoo is book number two in L.A. Meyer’s rollicking adventure series featuring the perfectly imperfect Jacky Faber. I am planning on passing these books along to my granddaughter when she is eleven, and I am sure she will fall in love with Jacky as well.
    • 5/5
      Technically I read this before the first book, but I still fell in love. Jacky, having spent a lot of her time dressed as a ships boy, must now learn to be a lady. Clearly, she's not having a great time. But our wild rover still manages to make a good time of it and she fascinates the quiet American folk with her bold British ways.
    • 4/5
      A fun addition to the adventures. I definitely want to continue with this series. Anyone who likes historical novels should try these.
    • 5/5
      In this novel, Jackie’s true identity is discovered by her shipmates and she is forced to leave the ship. Wanting to do right by her, her captain enrolls her at a proper finishing school in Boston. Jackie does desire to learn to be a proper lady, but soon discovers that her adventurous soul does not fit into the mold of a proper lady. She also learns to her surprise and sorrow that the girls she now must emulate are in truth a rougher bunch than her former shipmates. She makes one tried and true friend, but even that friendship goes awry. And almost all correspondence between Jackie and her intended, Jamie, has been stopped by someone who is displeased by their engagement. This tale is one adventure after another and is made even better by the excellent performance of Katherine Kellgren.
    • 4/5
      I didn't think I'd like the 2nd book because it's not set on a British War ship during the Napoleonic Wars. But I like Jacky, she's tough and defies convention and is okay working hard as long as she's free.
    • 5/5
      Listened to Listen and Live audio edition narrated by Katherine Kellgren. I actually like this one better than the first; Jacky and Jamie being seperated gave Jacky's character some room to grow. Almost every character is well-rounded right down to the minor players and I hope some of them return for future volumes. Historical Boston comes alive through Meyer's word and Kellgren's typically excellent narration. This is exceptional historical fiction and adventure and I can't wait to listen to the next one.
    • 4/5
      I wasn't sure about this going in--after all, a book about an uncultured girl being thrown into finishing school? How many of these awkward fish-out-of-water stories do we need?

      I should have trusted. This isn't any girl, this is Jacky Faber, who gets herself into any number of delightful scraps and mishaps. In spite of Jacky's constant mooning over her boyfriend (from whom she hasn't heard in several months), this is still at its heart a fast-paced adventure story, and I think it still has boy appeal, if sold the right way.

      Because I can't go without complaining about something, I will say that maybe too much happens in this volume--it seems there's not a situation Jacky can't get herself into, and the end sequence happens in a blur. It sets up the next book nicely, though, and I'll be reading that one as an actual, honest-to-goodness book, since it hasn't been released to audio yet.

      (This volume has an awful lot of singing in it, and the reader has a wonderful voice for this aspect. Worth a listen!)
    • 5/5
      - audiobook - Jacky Faber, formerly of the Royal Navy, is dumped at a girls' boarding school in Boston when it is discovered that she is a girl. She doesn't quite fit in.This book is the lowest rated in the 8 books of the series (but it's still rated 4.13!), but I thought it was great fun. True, there are no pirates, but boarding school stories are great, and the depiction of Northern US/Southern US/British relations in the very early 1800s is spot on, and Jacky is an awesome character. It's like A Great and Terrible Beauty, plus Downton Abbey, plus a Napoleonic Naval adventure, plus Anne of Green Gables, but badass.Jacky is great because she does whatever the heck she thinks is right. She sees all these stupid rules around her like women have to ride side-saddle, and ladies can't be friends with the serving girls, and women can't show their limbs in public, and she says "screw you, rules!". But she's still fiercely loyal, and kind, and brave. And, most importantly, she knows that she deserves punishment when she breaks the rules. She doesn't hesitate to get in a fight with another "lady in training" who slapped a serving girl, but she fully expects to be whipped for it. Her chivalry and sense of responsibility even extend to her friendships: she fully expects that if she misbehaves, her friends will be mad at her. She always realizes that the pickles she gets into are the result of her own actions, and never blames it on any outside force. I find it extremely refreshing; she's a true hero. I'm definitely continuing with this series. I'm LOVING them.
    • 4/5
      Jacky Faber has been unmasked as a girl, and as such she can no longer serve on board as a midshipman in the King's Navy. With her share of the pirate booty, she is sent to a finishing school in Boston to learn to become a lady. Will Jacky shed her rough and tumble ways and learn to "fight like a lady," or will this school be the end of her?The audio version of this story is read by Katherine Kellgren, who not only sounds exactly as you might imagine Jacky does, but also handles a great number of characters and various accents brilliantly. The Odyssey Awards this series has garnered are certainly warranted. Unfortunately, not even Kellgren's narration can rescue this particular story from its own sprawling narrative, which has too many threads to keep track of and not enough cohesion between them. I expect adventure stories to be somewhat over-the-top, but this took the cake for suspension of disbelief: would a young lady - whether from Jacky's past or not - truly do and say the things she does? I couldn't believe it. In the end, while I enjoyed aspects of the story, I was more glad to be done and moving on to the next one. I may continue the series, but won't be in any hurry to do so.
    • 5/5
      In this second account of The Further Misadventures of Jacky Faber, Midshipman and Fine Lady, Jacky's secret is out. She is put off the H.M.S. Dolphin in Boston where she is to attend an uppity school for girls and therefore to become a "Fine Lady." I was a little worried that I might lose interest in this book because of the complete turn-around of events, but I enjoyed it just as much if not more than "Bloody Jack." I absolutely love being inside Jacky's mind. She's such a fun character. Once again, the narrator, Katherine Kellgren, does a completely fantastic job portraying these characters. It's clear that nothing is every going to go smoothly for Jacky, but that's why it's so much fun reading her journey. I can't wait for the next one!
    • 4/5
      Following the adventures of Mary "Jacky" Faber, it is 1803, and after being exposed as a girl and forced to leave her ship The Dolphin, Jacky Faber finds herself attending school in Boston, where, instead of learning to be a lady, she battles her snobbish classmates, roams the city in search of adventure and learns to ride a horse.That is the summary from the book. My take on this book is it is a fun continuation of book one with our impulsive, willful heroine trying to find her footing, now on land, in Boston of the time period. As is to be expected, things don't go as planned - I mean really, how can they when you are a tomboy/sailor landed in a high class all girl's finishing school - and calamity is afoot at every turn. With a nice blending of boarding school novels - think Enid Blyton's Mallory Towers - a dash of Regency period pomp ala Georgette Heyer, some Upstairs Downstairs and a full dose of 19th century historical fiction, including a relation of Cotton Mather of Salem witch trial fame and the pages pretty much turn on their own. A great story and I now look forward to reading book three in the series.
    • 5/5
      I made the mistake of actually "reading" Bloody Jack (the first book) and this time chose to listen to the audio after reading an incredible amount of ravings over Katherine Kellgren. Let me tell you right now, the ravings were spot on.Kellgren makes these books come alive. I laughed, cried, hooted and hollared right along with Jacky as she navigated the perils of becoming a "fine lady". I felt her longing for Jacky, her confusion at the rules and regulations of this new place she called home. I wanted to spit on my hand and join the Dread Sisterhood and to scheme along with her as she plotted to take down the evil Reverend.While I certainly enjoyed reading the previous book, it did not come alive nearly as much as this book did. I'm NOT an audio book fan, normally - I like to read at my own pace and get impatient when I have to wait for someone else to get to the "good parts", but Katherine made every part of this book the "good part". I'm raving here - but her enthusiasm, spirit, accents, singing talents (the songs came alive so beautifully), emotion and just.. love shone through.I'm a huge fan of these books now. This audiobook converted me and I highly recommend it to anyone looking to listen to a fantastic story - especially if you are wanting to entertain an entire car full of folk on trips. I cannot even imagine how much fun it would have been to listen to this in a group!It's nearly impossible to talk just about the story and not about the audiobook, because they became one and the same - but I will say this. I found the story in The Curse of the Blue Tattoo to be filled with adventure, colorful characters, just a touch of improbability (The Lady Lenore's maker was.. well, I did roll my eyes) and to be a fantastic account of the misadventures of Jacky Faber, Midshipman and Fine Lady.
    • 5/5
      This second entry in the tween historical Bloody Jack series is just as exciting and hilarious as the first. Jacky Faber, booted from the H.M.S. Dolphin for being a girl, is sent a to a proper school in Boston to become a lady. Though she tries her best for the sake of beloved midshipman James Fletcher, her high spirits and generous heart aren't suited for ladyship and Jacky finds herself in a variety of dangerous (but entertaining) situations. She also learns that the pirates and rough British sailors of her past weren't nearly as threatening as the proper ladies & gents in America. Great fun - narrated with exuberance and delicious accents by Katherine Kellgren.
    • 5/5
      HOLY CATS. Not only did the nonstop action and adventure have me riveted, Katherine Kellgren's BLOODY PHENOMENAL narration brought the book to life. Much, much, much love for this recording.
    • 4/5
      Jacky ends up back in boarding school after she is discovered to be a girl.
    • 4/5
      Though at times Jack's adventures are almost too much, this book is both gripping and enjoyable. As soon as I finished it, I put the third book on hold. Though they're not great literature (to me, at least), the Bloody Jack books are quite fun. And it's nice to see a strong female character who kicks ass, but also suffers the consequences of her actions.
    • 4/5
      Very good sequel. Jacky's adventures are, as ever, exciting and fun. Despite her setbacks at becoming a "fine lady" she perseveres, making friends and narrowly escaping wild debacles. Meyer does a great job with his endings -- the story feels complete, the reader is satisfied, but we know that there is plenty more adventure in store for Jacky. Definitely a beginning to a series that will capture your attention.
    • 3/5
      This picks up the moment the first book ended, Jacky is leaving the Dolphin to go to a Boston Girls School - heart-broken at being separated from her Jaimy. Of course, Jacky will never be a model girl, and her adventures read partly like A Little Princess and partly like Nancy Drew. I'd give this to a mature middle reader (again there is a rape and murder subplot - although nothing graphic is described) who likes historical stories, or adventure stories.
    • 5/5
      An amazing audiobook. The narrator makes this one come alive. I'm not sure I would have even liked it much without her. Story about a British orphan in American in 1804. Jackie is quite a character.
    • 5/5
      Second book in the Bloody Jack series, we get to follow Mary "Jacky" Faber through the ups and downs as she makes her way in the world. She faces every obstacle in her life as a learning experience and always manages to land on her feet. One of my top 3 favorite characters of all time, this book is great fun and is sure to please.
    • 5/5
      Well the second book in the Bloody Jack series did not disappoint. There was a lot of action, brawls, romance and humor in this one. I can't wait to see what happens to our good heroine Jack in the next book. I must say I love the way these books are written in her point of view and the language that comes from that. :)
    • 4/5
      Just as good as the first, this Bloody Jack adventure has plenty of twists and turns. Of course Jacky runs into trouble. How could Jacky Faber, street girl and midshipman, adjust to life in a finishing school? So far that idea seems pretty impossible. (she's already been arrested for...)Shannon E.
    • 5/5
      Her tatto is still causing truoble for poor Jacky. Now that she isat the school things are seeming better, until she hears about what the preacher has in store for her!!!