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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) | 
 enlarge | Author: L. A. Meyer
Publisher: Harcourt Paperbacks
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 173855
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Young Adult
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 512
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Dimensions (in): 6.8 x 4.5 x 1.4
ISBN: 0152054596
EAN: 9780152054595
ASIN: 0152054596
Publication Date: August 1, 2005
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Amazon.com Review
Shiver me timbers! Bloody Jack is back and this time, shes facing a situation far worse than a ship full of murderous pirates. Curse of the Blue Tattoo, L.A. Meyers sequel to the enormously popular Bloody Jack: Being an Account of the Curious Adventures of Mary "Jacky" Faber, Ships Boy 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, "theyre like any bunch of thirty or so cats thrown in a sack and shaken up good. Theyre mean in ways that boys never even thought of being." It isnt 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 couldnt even begin to imagine, including uncovering a shady ministers 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 books end she takes an assignment as "ladys companion" to the captains wife aboard a whaler headed for London. Astute readers will notice that the whalers crabby captain has a peg leg and wont 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 wont leave teens snoring. Meyer effortlessly maintains Jackys sassy voice and conflicted conscience in what is shaping up to be a great series. While many readers will groan with despair 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 Hubert
Product Description
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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 Create Your Own Review March 27, 2008
Betsy D. review of Curse of the Blue Tattoo by L.A. Meyer, March 17, 2008
*SPOILER WARNING
This book was amazing, a five star book indeed. If you want to fully understand this book however I suggest that you read the first book of this series Bloody Jack.
When Jacky Faber is found as being a girl on the ship they drop her off at a boarding school for girls in Boston, Massachusetts. When she gets to the school she knows that she doesn't belong with these ladies-in-training. When she gets in a fight with another girl she is demoted and becomes a servant girl at the school, but Jacky loves being a servant girl.
With more freedom she now can investigate Boston and see what it is all about. Jacky then learns about another servant girl who committed suicide, so everyone thinks, but Jacky believes it was the twisted work of the local preacher who thinks that Jacky is the devil's helper!
In all of her adventures the mistress of the school decides to give Jacky another chance, so she is back to becoming a lady-in-training. While at a friend's house Jacky runs away, and joins a whale hunter's ship that will pay her to help the captain's wife and children on board, and then drop her off in England were she can find her lover, Jaimy.
Jacky again battles class and gender defintions in the second of this fantastic series! September 13, 2007
Jacky Faber, her gender discovered, is sent from the masculine and free world of the British Navy to the constrained feminine world of a Boston lady's refining school. Needless to say, Jacky is a fish out of water in this feminine and class-ruled world, as a id-ruled, brassy feminist heroine that refused to be ruled by class or gender definitions. Jacky, despite all her best intentions, just cannot behave herself (lucky for us), and her bravery and intelligence gets her into as much trouble as trouble she solves. Freedom in Puritan-influenced Boston and in the role of a woman is much harder for Jacky to come by than on the seas, but Jacky strikes against these rigid rules and roles (at school and on the streets), as well as against the domineering and--frankly--evil men (a crazed witch-murdering Reverend, a drunkard, a philanderer) that oppresses her and other women. While Jacky's "misadventures" continue to be clever and exciting, witty and brilliantly written and characterized, and while it is fantastic to see her in such a female setting, it seems almost a crime for Jacky to be so removed from the sea and her Jaimy. The tale, disappointingly, also lacks an ending. Though this means there's another delightful sequel ahead. Grade: A-
 Bloody Jack: Curse of the Blue Tattoo September 2, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I would like to start off by saying that if you didn't read the first book in the series first, then don't read this one, because it doesn't give a very good expalanation of what happened before.
Curse of the Blue Tattoo starts off right where Bloody Jack ended and it was very tedious for the first two hundred pages. The book introduces a lot of unecessary characters and leads into a lot of unresolved storylines. Basically, Jacky goes to Boston and is enrolled at a girls' school, makes friends of some of the high-classed girls and all of the maids, makes enemies of the stereotypical 'snobby rich girl' and the 'evil headmistress.' Sorry to disappoint for those that liked the romance between Jacky and Jaimy, but her sailor lad doesn't appear in the book save for his letters.
The reason that I gave the book three stars, however, is because the story, no matter how unbelievable, gets exciting. After all of its introductions and storylines, it made me want to sit back, relax and finish it. A lot of the characters really grew on me and I hope to see them in later volumes.
Let me warn those that don't like cliffhanger endings--beware. Personally, I'm not a big fan of series books. But this one made me decide to read and see what happens next.
 Interesting, very interesting March 10, 2007
This was the first book that I had read in the series, and I will admit, it was confusing before reading Bloody Jack. Though, the introduction where it does sort of explain the situation was very helpful. Even if I was confused the first time, I could not put it down. Jacky Faber is a very believable character, and Meyer, if I do say so myself could pull off being a teenage girl very well. The ending was brought down very well for having a sequel to follow. In my opinon, it was a very interesting book, and a good read.
Amazing book with a loveable main character. March 10, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I'll admit, I liked Bloody Jack better, but Curse of the Blue Tattoo is still a wonderful book. It shows a different side of Jacky, the side that desperately wants to be a lady. This books shows her transformation from salty sea salior to a fine lady. Though she encounters difficulties along the way, Jacky meets wonderful new friends and experiences new things. Peppered with humor and sorrow, Curse of the Blue Tattoo is a wonderful book for anyone who wants to see another side of the infamous Bloody Jacky Faber.
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