Mary Faber is a 12-year-old member of Rooster Charlie's child orphan gang in Cheapside, London, in the year 1801. As a mark of honor, her shipmates give her the nickname "Bloody Jack". While serving aboard the Dolphin, she kills a pirate during an attack on an enemy ship. Donning his clothes, she assumes the identity of "Jack" and joins the crew of HMS Dolphin as a ship's boy. One day, after stealing some bread, Mary stumbles across Charlie's corpse and realizes that he's been murdered. The story is continued in Curse of the Blue Tattoo, Under the Jolly Roger, In the Belly of the Bloodhound, Mississippi Jack, My Bonny Light Horseman, Rapture of the Deep, The Wake of the Lorelei Lee, The Mark of the Golden Dragon, Viva Jacquelina!, Boston Jacky, and Wild Rover No More.Īfter losing her entire family to disease, eight-year-old Mary Faber joins a gang of orphans led by Rooster Charlie, whom she looks up to as a brother. It is centered on an orphaned girl in London in the early 19th century. Print (hardback & paperback), audiobook: read by Katherine Kellgrenīloody Jack, fully titled Bloody Jack: Being An Account of the Curious Adventures of Mary “Jacky” Faber, Ship's Boy is a historical novel by L.A.
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