In the Belly of the Bloodhound: Being an Account of a Particularly Peculiar Adventure in the Life of Jacky Faber
The British crown has placed a price on Jacky's head, and so she returns to the Lawson Peabody School for Young Girls in Boston to lay low. But laying low isn't in the cards for a spunky lass who finds trouble even when she's not looking for it. A school outing goes awry as Jacky and her...
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The British crown has placed a price on Jacky's head, and so she returns to the Lawson Peabody School for Young Girls in Boston to lay low. But laying low isn't in the cards for a spunky lass who finds trouble even when she's not looking for it. A school outing goes awry as Jacky and her classmates are abducted and forced into the hold of the Bloodhound, a ship bound for the slave markets on the Barbary Coast. All of Jacky's ingenuity, determination, and plain old good luck will be put to the test as she rallies her classmates to fight together to avoid being sold on the auction block in this new installment of the Bloody Jack Adventures.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780152055578 (0152055576)
Publish date: October 1st 2006
Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers
Pages no: 528
Edition language: English
Series: Bloody Jack (#4)
I am done with this book in one fantastic day of reading that almost left me blind...but there was chocolate to go along with the impending blindness. Also, there was loads of adventure! I can't say very much about this book as I don't want to ruin it for anyone else, but I will say that I am very g...
Absolutely fantastic and highly recommended. The audiobook version of this series is very well done read by the most capable Katherine Kellegren who brings all the characters to life with her amazing voices.This installment of the series finds Jacky taking a stand on slavery. It's the early 1800's a...
The adventures of Jacky Faber continue and this was a rollicking good one. She's back in Boston, but trouble is never far behind. I thoroughly enjoyed it and stayed up late, but was a little annoyed by the baldfaced setup for the next adventure - because I'll have to wait!