Curse of the Blue Tattoo: Being an Account of the Misadventures of Jacky Faber, Midshipman and Fine Lady
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...
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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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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780152054595 (0152054596)
ASIN: 152054596
Publish date: June 1st 2004
Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers
Pages no: 504
Edition language: English
Series: Bloody Jack (#2)
A fun historical fiction series for young adults. Jacky is really starting to get on my nerves however so not entirely sure whether I will continue with it...
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.
This series is a lot of fun to listen to. The narrator is pretty entertaining - she does the different voices well and she can sing. In this book, Jackie is sent to Boston to become "a lady." Of course, Jackie never does things easily and she gets into a lot of trouble. She tries to be good, but...T...
Fun, fun, fun! I love Jacky's adventures, there's so much to them, like Victorian doorstops.
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