Curse of the Blue Tattoo: Being an Account of the Misadventures of Jacky Faber, Midshipman and Fine Lady

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Overview

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?

In 1803, after being exposed as a girl and forced to leave her ship, 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.

Editorial Reviews

Publishers Weekly

In this second installment of the series begun with Bloody Jack (which PW called "a rattling good read"), Mary "Jacky" Faber goes ashore, enrolled in the Lawson Peabody School for Young Girls in Boston where she helps solve a murder mystery. Ages 12-up. (Aug.) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

Children's Literature

Subtititled, "Being an Account of the Misadventures of Jacky Faber, Midshipman and Fine Lady," this addition to L.A. Meyer's "Bloody Jack Adventure" series has young Jacky booted off her ship and into a fine New England boarding school. But the former London orphan and incognito sailor is not cut from the same cloth as the others at the Lawson Peabody School for Young Girls. Soon Jacky's raucous behavior gets her busted down to serving-girl status. Her crime? Showing too much leg while dancing good-naturedly with some sailors. Nevertheless, Jacky's honesty, love of adventure, and indomitable spirit do not let her stay down for long. She earns a living dancing and singing, while at the same time getting herself in the middle of several clever plots along the way. Her most formidable foe is the Reverend Mathers, who Jacky suspects has his sights set on her for evil purposes, perhaps even murder. Letters—most of them undelivered—between Jacky and her betrothed Jamie, who is somewhere on a British warship, add a heartfelt layer to the story. Jacky is an unforgettable heroine who undoubtedly will develop a devoted following with this series. Romance, adventure, humor, and social commentary, this one has something for everyone. 2004, Harcourt, Ages 12 up.
—Christopher Moning

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KLIATT

To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, May 2004: Nearly 500 more pages of Jacky Faber (aka Bloody Jack) adventures! The time is the end of the 18th century, America is a new country, and Jacky is sent to a school in Boston to become a fine lady (with her share of the pirates' treasure from book one, Bloody Jack, reviewed in KLIATT in September 2002). She is smart, so the studies aren't so hard; but the rigid discipline is confining, and Jacky starts sneaking out, sometimes disguised as a boy. The action is fast and furious and the pranks Jacky dreams up are astounding. She is pursued by a grandson of the Puritan minister Cotton Mather, who already has murdered one girl, accusing her of being a witch. She learns to ride a horse, becoming an expert; one of the major scenes is when she takes over for a jockey who is ill, pretending to be him, and wins a race to save her friend's family from financial ruin. She earns money by playing, singing, and dancing in local pubs near the harbor, without the school knowing, of course. Her antics frequently get her into trouble, and she bemoans her impulsiveness but recovers quickly to start anew. The author lives "with his wife in a small fishing village on the coast of Maine." He seems to love the sea, ships, and harbors—with a believable re-creation of life in Boston just after the Revolution. Best of all, the humor and wit make this book a treasure. (An ALA Best Book for YAs.) (A Bloody Jack Adventure). KLIATT Codes: JS*—Exceptional book, recommended for junior and senior high school students. 2004, Harcourt, 495p., Ages 12 to 18.
—Claire Rosser

School Library Journal

Gr 8 Up-In this sequel to Bloody Jack (Harcourt, 2002), Meyer continues the adventures of the wild and wanton Jacky, who sailed aboard HMS Dolphin as a crewmember until it was discovered that he was really a girl. Here, she must leave her true love, Jaimy, when she is put ashore in Boston for a new start at an elite girls' school. She describes her snobbish classmates and the failed attempts of the headmistress to make a lady out of her. A natural show-off, Jacky loves to play her pennywhistle and dance on the streets. When she is arrested and jailed for showing some knee, she is demoted to serving girl. She hooks up with a drunken violin player to perform in taverns to earn money to get back to England and her Jaimy. With her propensity for plunging headfirst into trouble, the irrepressible Jacky rolls quickly from one adventure to another. As the story ends, she signs onto a whaler bound for England, leaving an opening for a third volume. Meyer does an excellent job of conveying life in Boston in 1803, particularly the rights, or lack thereof, of women. Jacky's headstrong certainty that she's in control and her cocky first-person account make her a memorable heroine. The narrative is full of lecherous men, and Jacky herself is free in her ways. This fact and the sometimes-strong language make this book more appropriate for older readers. Sure to please fans of the first title, this adventure-packed historical novel also stands on its own.-Connie Tyrrell Burns, Mahoney Middle School, South Portland, ME Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

Kirkus Reviews

The sequel to Bloody Jack (2002) is a rousing adventure, short on character development but perfectly delicious in all other ways. Our heroine, London-born Jacky Faber, having been found out as a girl, must leave her ship and the boy she loves, taking her pirate money for tuition at an exclusive girls' school in Boston, 1802. Cheeky as all get out, Jacky sings (lyrics of famous ballads and chanteys throughout), plays the penny whistle and concertina, learns to paint miniatures on ivory, ride a horse, and curtsey. Jacky gets busted to the servants' quarters, but is raised up again, finds herself a good lawyer, and writes many letters to her true love Jaimy. He writes back, and various events are conveyed, but not to their recipients. Jacky wins a horse race, escapes from a predatory preacher, even saves her starchy headmistress from the thrilling end-of-the-story conflagration. But she doesn't reach Jaimy, and the end finds her aboard a whaler, headed toward England. Breathless readers don't have to know the first installment to thrill to this one, but they will long for the next. (Fiction. YA)

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780152054595
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Publication date: 1/31/2011
Edition description: Reprint
Pages: 495
Sales rank: 115,306
Age range: 12 - 17 Years
Lexile: 1120L (what's this?)
Series: Bloody Jack Adventure Series , #2
Product dimensions: 4.50 (w) x 6.90 (h) x 1.30 (d)

Meet the Author

L. A. Meyer is the acclaimed writer of the Bloody Jack Adventures, praised for engaging characters and vivid historical detail. This rollicking series follows the exploits of a spirited heroine who climbs from the squalid streets of London to become an adventurer of the highest order. L. A. Meyer lives on the coast of Maine. Visit his website at www.jackyfaber.com .

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It was a hard comin' I had of it, that's for sure.

It was hard enough comin' up from the brig, the cell down below where they had me kept these past few weeks, squintin' into the light to see all of the dear Dolphin's sailors lined up along the spars of the great masts and in other parts of the riggin', all four hundred of 'em, bless 'em, my mates for the past year and a half, all cheerin' and hallooin' and wavin' me off.

It was hard, too, walkin' across to the quarterdeck, where the officers were all pulled up in their fancy uniforms and where the midshipmen and side boys made two rows for me to walk between on my way off the ship, and there's Jaimy all straight and all beautiful in his new midshipman's uniform, and there's Davy and Tink and Willy, the boys of the Brotherhood to which I so lately belonged, and there's my dear sea-dad Liam lookin' as proud as any father. The Bo'sun's Mate puts his pipe to his lips and starts the warble to pipe me off the Dolphin, my sweet and only home, and I start down between their ranks, but I stop in front of Jaimy and I look at the Captain and I pleads with my teary eyes. The Captain smiles and nods and I fling my arms around Jaimy's neck and kiss him one last time, oh yes I do, and the men cheer all the louder for it, but it was short, oh so short, for too soon my arm is taken and I have to let go of Jaimy, but before I do I feel him press something into my hand and I look down and see that it's a letter. Then I'm led away down the gangway, but I keep my eyes on Jaimy's eyes and my hand clutched around his letter as the Professor hands me up into the carriage that's waitin' at the foot of the gangway. I keeps my eyes on Jaimy as the horses are started and we clatter away, and I rutch around in my seat and stick my head out the window to keep my blurry eyes on him but it's too far away now for me to see his eyes, just him standin' there at the rail lookin' after me, and then the coach goes around a corner and that's all. He's there, and then he's not.

That was the hardest of all. I put my fingertips to my lips where his have just been and I wonder when they will again touch me in that place. If ever...Oh, Jaimy, I worry about you so much 'cause the war's on again with Napoléon and all it takes is one angry cannonball, and oh, God, please.

I leave off what has up to now been fairly gentle weeping and turn to full scale, chest heavin', eyes squeezed shut, open mouth bawlin'.

"Well," says Professor Tilden, sittin' across from me, "you certainly have made a spectacle of yourself today, I must say."

...don't care don't care don't care don't care...

"You should compose yourself now, Miss. The school is not a far ride from the harbor. Here," he says, handing me a handkerchief, "dry your eyes."

The Professor is taking me to the Lawson Peabody School for Young Girls, which is where they decided to dump me after that day on the beach when my grand Deception was blown out of the water for good and ever and I was found out to be a girl, which was against the rules. Being a girl, that is. They being the Captain and the Deacon and Tilly. I felt that I should have been allowed to go back to England with them. I wouldn'a caused no trouble-they could have kept me in the brig the whole time if they wanted. But, oh no, that would have been too easy, too reasonable for the Royal Navy. No, far better to kick me off thousands of miles and an ocean away from my intended husband, that being Midshipman James Emerson Fletcher, Jaimy for short. I take Jaimy's letter and put it in my seabag for readin' later, 'cause I know that if I read it now, I'll break down altogether and be a mess.

I know old Tilly, who was the schoolmaster back on the Dolphin, sure liked me much better as a boy. He gets all nervous and fussy around me now, now that I've become a girl. He's right, though. Must pull yourself together now, Miss. Can't show up at the school, where they're gonna make a lady out of me, lookin' like a poor scrub what just crawled out of a Cheapside ditch, and so I takes the bit of cloth from his hand and dabs it at my eyes. I wants to blow my runnin' nose on it but don't want to mess up Tilly's handkerchief so I just snarks it all back and swallows with a big gulp. Tilly shudders and shakes his head.

Right. I've got to put my mind on other things, like this, my first carriage ride...imagine...Jacky Faber, ragged Little Mary of Rooster Charlie's gang of beggars and thieves runnin' all wild through the streets of London, the same sorry little beggar here now, in her first carriage ride, her bottom sitting on a fine leather coach seat. That selfsame bottom is also sitting in its first pair of real drawers it's seen since That Dark Day when my parents and my little sister died and I was tossed out into the street to either live or die. These drawers come down to just above my knees and got flounces on 'em, three on each leg. The dressmaker said that the ruffles were there to keep the dress from clinging too close to the legs. Can't have dresses clinging too close to the legs in oh-so-proper Boston, now, can we?

My dress, now, is surely a fine thing-all black as midnight and waisted high up under my chest and falling in pleats down to the tops of my feet. The bodice comes down low-much lower than I would have thought for Boston, but I've given up trying to figure out that kind of thing as there never seems no sense to it-I mean, we got drawers with ruffles to keep the legs from being too noticeable down below, yet we have the chest in danger of spilling out up top. Don't ask me to explain, 'cause I can't. Anyway, the sleeves are long and end in a bunch of black lace at the wrists. It is the school uniform and it's the finest thing I've ever had on me and I got to say I'm proud to be in it, and I know Jaimy was proud to see me decked out this way on the quarterdeck today. I could see it in his eyes when he looked in mine and the way his chest puffed up under his tight black broadcloth jacket with all the bright gold buttons gleamin' on it.

Deacon Dunne took me out the first day we were docked in Boston, to get me fitted out, as Tilly warn't up to the challenge of being alone with the female me in a female dressmaker's shop. The seamstress there was amazing fast, with her tape whipping all around me up and down and all around. Pins put here and there and chalk marks, too. She got all of my stuff to the ship today-two pairs of drawers, two pairs of black stockings, one dress, one nightshirt with nightcap, one black wool sweater, one chemise, and one black cloak with bonnet-and two hours after it arrived, I was off the ship. They couldn't get rid of me fast enough, the sods.

Everything that I ain't got on is packed away in my seabag with my other stuff that I've picked up along the way-needles, threads, awls, fishing lures, my concertina, my blue dress that I made myself and my Kingston dress, my pennywhistle, and, yes, me shiv, too, 'cause I can't figure out how to keep it in its old place next to my ribs in this dress. Not yet, anyway. And my sailor togs are in there, too-my white dress uniform that I made for myself and the boys and my drawers with the fake cod and my blue sailor cap with HMS DOLPHIN that I'd stitched on the band. And Rooster Charlie's shirt and pants and vest that delivered me from the slums of London and my midshipman's neckerchief and even a midshipman's coat and shirt and britches and cap that I'd got off Midshipman Elliot, who'd outgrown them. I think about that middie's uniform and how everyone on board thought it was such a great joke that I was made a midshipman before they discovered I was a girl. Everyone but me. I earned my commission, I did, and I didn't think it was a joke. Still don't.

Ain't no money in my seabag, though. After paying for my clothes, they gave the rest of my share of the money from the pirate gold to the school to pay for my education in ladyhood. Wisht they had just given me the money and let me make my own way in the world like I always done, but, no-I'm a girl and too stupid to take care of money. That's a man's job, they say. Like I'd be gulled out of my money, me what's as practical and careful with a penny as any miser? Not bloody likely.

Oh, look. There's a row of taverns at the end of that pier. They look like places where I might be able to play my pennywhistle and concertina and maybe make some money after I get settled and know the lay of the land...and look there-there's one called The Pig and Whistle and it's kind of seedy lookin' but it's got a sign with a fat jolly pig playing a whistle just like mine and he's dancin' about and he looks right cheerful.

Ah. There's a bookseller's. And a printer's next to it. Maybe I could pick up some work there, if I have any time off from the school. I wonder how confined I'm going to be. The school couldn't be as tight with its students as the Navy is with its sailors, though, could it? Wonder if the school has lots of books. Coo, wouldn't that be something-all you ever wanted to read right at your fingertips? It's a school. It's got to have a lot of books.

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Anonymous

Posted October 28, 2008

Curse of the Blue Tattoo

Curse of the Blue Tattoo
L.A. Meyer
Harcourt Children's Books
Historical Fiction

What happens when a girl who has been disguised as a ship's boy for the last two years gets put into a lady's school? Jacky Faber in The Curse of the Blue Tattoo finds out. L.A. Meyer writes this exiting and very adventurous book. Jacky has no idea how to be a lady at all. She does not know how to curtsy, eat meals properly, or embroider beautifully like the other girls. Jacky cannot read music or sew very well like most girls her age. She realizes that being a girl is much different than being a boy in this world. It can even be dangerous to do the ¿wrong¿ things like show her knees in public. Jacky can't seem to behave properly, she gets arrested, demoted to serving girl at school and sneaks out at night. She has many other adventures like dealing with a crazy preacher who thinks she is a witch. Jacky comes to the rescue when a jockey gets too sick to ride and her friend Amy's father is about to lose his farm. But good times don't last for Jacky. That night at dinner something terrible happens to Jacky and Amy will never forgive her completely.
Jacky Faber is a fun, energetic and adventurous girl who always does something that gets her into trouble. She is small for her age because she grew up an orphan, starving in the streets of London, England. Her hair is light brown, she has freckles, and is very tan from being on a boat out in the open for two years. A unique trait is a blue tattoo of a ship with dolphins and an anchor that she has on her right hip. This gets her in trouble even though she tries to hide it. Jacky is very self confident and loves singing, dancing, and acting. She and the other ship's boys, all had ¿sea daddys¿ and hers (Liam) gave her a penny whistle which she learned to play quickly. Her biggest thoughts are always of Jaimy, the young man she is engaged to marry. At the ¿Lawson Peabody School For Young Ladys¿ she meets her friend Amy, who has long black hair which she ties back tightly. Amy is of medium build and has poor hygiene. She is kind but serious. Clarrissa Howe is Jacky's enemy. They hate each other very much and try to get each other into trouble. Clarrissa is beautiful with blonde hair and is widely respected by most people because she is extremely rich and has slaves. Jacky hates her for having slaves. The evil preacher, the helpful lawyer, the proud Randall, and the downstairs crew (Annie, Betty, Peg, Rachel, Sylvie...) are all supporting characters who affect Jacky in many different ways, and she changes them too. The characters are all very different with engaging personalities.
This is an excellent book full of adventure and surprises. I would recommend it to anyone age 11 and older who loves action-packed, emotional books with courageous characters. Jacky tells the story in a personal, straight forward way. It is suspenseful and intriguing. The reader will love how Jacky pushes things a little too far and ends up in dangerous situations. This is the second book in a series, the first book, Bloody Jack, is just as exiting and dramatic as Curse of the Blue Tattoo. If you like books that will make you feel a mix of emotions then you will love Curse of the Blue Tattoo.

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Anonymous

Posted May 7, 2007

A reviewer

Jacky is on another adventure but this time on land. What got me into this series was how the author described in detail the character's background and to her surroundings and the people around her. I enjoyed this book very much and recommend it to anyone who's starting the bloody jack adventure series.

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RoseTW

Posted May 10, 2012

Highly recommended for readers of the Bloody Jack series

I love Mary, the Bloody Jack. She's quirky and gutsy and her devil-may-care personality gets her into trouble more often than not. I bought the first book and was so drawn by her character and adventures, I had to read the rest of them!
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AnnieBM

Posted July 9, 2011

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Another winner!

More adventures of Bloody Jack. I only wonder if she always leaves the secene in ruin? Meyer does a great job of blending current teen concerns with those of a young women in the 18th century. Great historical and cultural detail. My young niece recommended the books to me -- and she is spot on. Highly recommended.
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8974463

Posted June 8, 2011

Fantastic!!

I Laughed the whole time!
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7262340

Posted February 28, 2011

amazinggggg

i have read all of the books in this series and i love them all cant wait to see what happens next
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Orla

Posted July 3, 2009

Jacky Faber Shakes Up Boston

Jacky is the text book definition of an independent, strong girl. I found it very hard to put this book down. I felt like I was at Dovecote with Amy and Jacky feeling the breeze and sun on my face. I felt a chill run through my spine each time Reverend Mather entered a room. This book will captivate you and not let you go.
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sadie_leona

Posted February 2, 2009

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Pirates of the Caribbean?! Who cares!

The Bloody Jack Adventures are truly the best books I have ever read. For LA Meyer never to write before, this is a true feat. His combonation of thrilling careers possibly makes this it. I hope he writes them for many more years, for they are truly something to cherish.
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Anonymous

Posted July 17, 2008

A MUST READ!

These books are fairly new, but once I picked up the first book of the series ,Bloody Jacky, I was hooked. I had to read what was out of the rest of the series. I love the cunning, resourceful, and teenage Jacky, the heroine of the story, who is fresh from sea and the British Royal Navy, after she pretended to be a boy to escape her past life and was selected to board the ship. When she is discovered as a girl upon the H.M.S. Dolphin, she is dropped off at a girls' school in Boston. I am greatly anticipating the sixth book in this series that will soon be coming out.
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Anonymous

Posted March 14, 2008

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Curse of the Blue Tattoo picks up right where Bloody Jack left off. As Jacky strugles (and struggles, and struggles) to become a fine lady, her adventures keep on coming. This book is another excellent installment in the Bloody Jack series. It stands out from the others because it is the single book where Jacky has her feet firmly planted on the ground. Though, as we see in this book, that's not necessarily a good thing. Aside from the fact that Jacky meets all sorts of new trouble, many people find that they get a little bored of Curse of the Blue Tattoo. It is definitely a worthwhile read, if the general least-favorite in the series. It is a necessary story, and is really a quite fun book. I would reccommend to anyone.
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Anonymous

Posted January 4, 2008

Curse of the Blue Tattoo

The sequal to Bloody Jack, this book did not dissapoint. Although my least favorite of the series, I still loved it. So, that goes to show you, that even the least favorite is still on amazing work of liturature.
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Anonymous

Posted July 6, 2007

Wonderful!

Jacky is now in a boarding school where Clarissa Worthington Howe and some other girls keep trying to make her life miserable, and the preacher at the church next door is sick and twisted and petitions the court to adopt Jacky. But Jacky's a cheerful girl and makes the best of her situation by playing ghost in the graveyard next to the church.

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Anonymous

Posted April 30, 2007

Bloody Jack book 2

Jacky is sent to a girls school to become a 'lady' while staying true to Jaimy. At first its a bit awkward with having a girl who's just spent her life at sea and thus must socialize with her own gender than the opposite. She is then pursued by a boy, a girl and a preacher thus making new friends and writes to her beloved while making sense on how her life has taken her so far. I enjoyed reading the sequel and didn't want it to end yet and can't wait for Jacky's next adventure. In a way it reminded me of Pride and Prejudice and Little Women hence Jacky was more of a tomboy like the characters before her Elizabeth Bennett and Jo March 'two of my favorite literary heroines', loved the movie adaptations too.
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Anonymous

Posted December 23, 2006

It's a REALLY GOOD book.

It may not be as good as Bloody Jack but it's really good. I would also recommend this book to almost anybody.
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Anonymous

Posted October 26, 2006

I love this series!

I am a avid reader and don't tend to like very many books but I absolutely love the Bloody Jack books.
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Anonymous

Posted August 24, 2006

One of my all time favorites!

This book is really wicked awesome! The story is so exciting and the way that Jacky Faber (the main character) thinks is really easy to relate to. This book was fun to read, and just really great. You should definently read this! I read this one from a library. Then I had to read the one that came before it. I fell in love after the first few pages. I am so buying the whole series now. Whats really great is how this one is still great for those of you who might enjoy the rougher thougher parts of Bloddy Jack, but this one also revolves around alot more then just the sea. I recomend this book to anyone who reads to enjoy themselves, cause I sure did when I read it!
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Anonymous

Posted May 16, 2006

ABSOLUTELY THE GREATEST BOOK EVER! (besides the Bible)

This book is soooo great!I read it at every possible second!(even some seconds that werent the best possible time, but hey! IT ROCKED!) I would recommend it to anyone who loves a good read. (You will love this, my fellow bookworms!!!)All I'm saying is, L.A. Meyer had better come out with at least one more after the third one or he will have a very angry mob on his doorstep very soon.
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Anonymous

Posted March 29, 2006

AWESOME!!!!!

this book was awesome!!! Jacky is my girl she's fearless and mischevious and always takes readers on a wild and crazy adventure!!! this book was amazing!! all should read this!!!
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Anonymous

Posted February 20, 2006

Sky rocketing

OMG this book was brilliant. I man there were some boring parts but It was amazing non the less. I felt sorry for Jacky because of all her struggles. Everyone should read this book it was great.
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Anonymous

Posted October 18, 2005

Brillant

One of the best book I've read in some time, I recommended it to anyone.
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