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    Under the Jolly Roger: A Bloody Jack Adventure
    Under the Jolly Roger: A Bloody Jack Adventure
    Under the Jolly Roger: A Bloody Jack Adventure
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    Under the Jolly Roger: A Bloody Jack Adventure

    Written by L. A. Meyer

    Narrated by Katherine Kellgren

    4.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    In the third book of the Bloody Jack series, unlikely heroine Jacky Faber, a pirate at heart, returns to the sea in a truly swashbuckling tale filled with good humour, wit, and courage.

    After leaving the Lawson Peabody School for Young Girls in Boston - under dire circumstances, of course - Jacky boards a whaling ship bound for London, where she hopes to find her beloved Jaimy.

    But things don't go as planned, and she is off on a wild misadventure at sea. She thwarts the lecherous advances of a crazy captain, rallies the sailors to her side, and ultimately gains command of a ship in His Majesty's Royal Navy. But Jacky's adventures don't end there....

    Soon she is being called a pirate, and there's a price on her head!

    ©2008 Listen & Live Audio, Inc.; (P)2008 Listen & Live Audio, Inc.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherListen & Live Audio
    Release dateJan 1, 2005
    ISBN9781593164010
    Under the Jolly Roger: 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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    • 3/5
      book three in the adventures of Jacky Faber, street urchin, British sailor, lady and pirate
    • 5/5
      These novels are consistently entertaining. This narrator elevates well written material to a dynamic performance. In twenty years recording voices and audiobooks, I rarely encountered a reader this gifted.
    • 5/5
      I really enjoy this light hearted and fun series. Can't wait to listen to the next one.
    • 5/5
      I've read all the Bloody Jack books so far as audio books and I'm so glad I have. Katherine Kellgren really makes Jacky come alive! She gets into the characters and it's not just a person reading a book, but an actress playing the part. Not to give away too much, but I cried right along with Jacky when the ship went down. I don't think I would have enjoyed the series nearly as much if I was reading a physical copy of the book.
    • 4/5
      In her third adventure, Mary "Jacky" Faber returns to England, determined to reunite with her dear Jaimy after trying and failing to become a "lady" at finishing school in Boston. Dressed as a boy to gain access to the grounds without an escort, she sees Jaimy with another girl and flees, only to be press-ganged and finds herself involved in the Napoleonic wars, on a ship patrolling the English Channel.Jacky's over-the-top adventures are fun and light reading. Katherine Kellgren does a phenomenal job narrating the series, from Jacky's first-person account to the various Irish, English, American, and French accents that the series calls for. I've discovered I'm not a huge fan of the adventure genre and would probably rather stick with a straightforward historical fiction rather than second-guessing whether a girl of that time would really ____ (fill in the blank with the latest twist and turn in the story), but it's entertaining when I'm in the right mood.
    • 4/5
      Under the Jolly Roger by L.A. Meyer is the third book in the adventures of Mary “Jacky” Faber. In this one she is back on the sea, swashbuckling her way through the British Navy as well as spending time as the captain of a privateer, attacking French ships and making a fortune from the goods that they carry.I was happy to see Jacky back in the action again as the second book which covered her years at school in Boston was rather tame. After arriving in London and suffering a disappointment, she is taken by a press gang and finds herself on a British ship of the line. Originally mistaken for a boy, the is kept on this hell ship by a deranged and cruel captain. Making the best of a bad situation, Jacky is able to fend of the advances of this gruesome man and gain the respect and love of her fellow crewmates and eventually take over control of the ship. Given a Letter of Marque by way of thanking her for the riches she turned in, Jackie builds herself a loyal crew and spends a couple of years as a privateer. It was a shock to her when she finds that her Letter of Marque has been revoked and there is a price on her head. The story comes to an exciting climax at the Battle of Trafalgar and I for one can’t wait to get my hands on book number four.Jacky is a wonderful character, high spirited and smart she leads with her heart, tends to leap into things before thinking them through and always seems to be having the most incredible adventures. These books are fun reads and the author appears to have been very accurate with his nautical and historical research. They are aimed at a YA audience, but I find the stories keep my attention and are enjoyable.
    • 5/5
      Jacky's rollicking adventure continues in one of my favorite novels in the series. She's heartbroken to find that Jamie's eyes are for another and so manages to get herself into a highly irrational situation- she's pressed into the navy. Unfortunately, the Captain she's assigned to is the absolute paragon of the bacteria that feeds on the scum that grows in ponds. A fun book that leaves Jacky in an unexpectedly high position.
    • 3/5
      3.5 stars. Not quite as good at the first, but still an enjoyable read.
    • 4/5
      I read the first two in the series and listened to this one and by george the narrator did a good job. Great voices, good pacing. When I read the first book I liked but I'm slowly growing to love Jacky. She's a great female character in an interesting historical time period.
    • 4/5
      Listened to the Listen and Live audio edition narrated by the fabulous Katherine Kellgren.

      So, this has three parts and actually feels like two books. The first part is a complete story in and of itself and parts 2 and 3 comprise a story. The first half gets 5 stars from me, but the second half isn't quite as good - the plot isn't nearly as tightly written and meanders about. I like that Jacky is a fully drawn character - she's not perfect and clearly has several faults that trip her up over and over again. I do think it's awfully convenient that men (and boys) just seem to keep falling in love with her all over the place. Overall an excellent addition to Jacky's adventures and Kellgren just seems to keep getting better and better.
    • 5/5
      Oh goodness I love this series. Jacky Faber may be my favorite character in all teen literature. And the audio recordings are fantastic.
    • 5/5
      - audiobook - When we last saw Jacky she had left Boston on a little whaler called the Pequod. In this next book, she departs the Pequod (leaving a heartbroken sailor named Ishmael in her wake) in London, to find out why she hasn't received any letters from her beloved Jaime Fletcher. She finds him, but in a compromising position and as she is running away, Jacky is captured by a press gang! She is delivered to a small Royal Navy ship called Wolverine, which is commanded by arguably the worst captain ever. But leave it to Midshipman Faber to make everything ship shape (and break the hearts of boys and men alike along the way)In part 2, Jacky has escaped her fate once again and now has her own ship, the Emerald and a Letter of the Mark from England, which allows her to be kind of an authorized pirate, as long as she only steals from England's enemies. She scrounges up a crew from Ireland, lead by her "Sea-Dad" Liam, from her days on the Dolphin. During their adventures she learns a lot about the volatile relationship between England and Ireland in the early 1800s.
    • 5/5
      Under the Jolly Roger may have been my favorite Bloody Jack book yet. This book made me fall in love with the characters all over again, it made me laugh out loud, it made me so happy I wanted to cry, and it made me so sad that I did cry. In my opinion, that is what makes an excellent book. I just absolutely love Jacky as a character. She has quite a temper and she's unbelievable stubborn, but what I love is that she knows these things. She knows that she makes mistakes and is wrong a lot of the time, and she tries to learn from her experiences. She's also very resourceful and creative and tries not to dwell in the past. She takes the situation she's in (no matter how bad) and just works with it. I have so much fun being in her mind. Once again, the narrator, (Katherine Kellgren) is absolutely perfect. She really brings the characters to life.
    • 5/5
      I adore this series on audio. A barrel of fun and adventure.
    • 4/5
      Jacky gets herself into more mischief when she becomes a privateer (a licensed pirate).
    • 3/5
      book three in the adventures of Jacky Faber, street urchin, British sailor, lady and pirate
    • 4/5
      Excellent instalment in the adventures of Jacky Faber. This series just gets better and better! I'd give the first book to fans of historical novels, cross-dressing girls, pirates, or high seas adventure and get them hooked!
    • 5/5
      Another awesome segment in the Bloody Jack series. Meyer's knack for storytelling is amazing, and Jacky just gets better and better with age. On the seas, in Ireland and England, Jacky manages to captain a ship, start her own company, open an orphanage, and have no less than 4 handsome men falling at her feet. What a girl!
    • 5/5
      I absolutely have fallen in love with this series. The character has her faults (and does she know it), but you can see most of the great points about her. She's living an unfair life because no one will take her seriously as a 15 year old girl. I like how this one ended off and the relationships you see and the characters introduced. I can't wait to start the next book in the series!
    • 5/5
      Amazing i love this series!!!! More people should read it!! as we continue to see how the adventures of Jacky Faber unfols we see more about her past and her future.
    • 5/5
      A really good book, impossible to put down...