My friend Rachel, and fellow bookworm, has been wonderful yet again and has provided us with an outstanding review of an interesting sounding book. I hope you enjoy her words as I have and maybe take her suggestion and check this book out of your local Library!
Happy Reading!
"If you are interested in high seas drama paired with a young adult writing sense, then Bloody Jack may be the book for you.
Little Mary ‘Jacky’ Faber was orphaned by a bout of typhus that ran through London at the end of the 18th century. Joining a gang of orphaned children and learning to escape in the streets of London was the only thing that saved her life. That, and being able to read. Jackie was valuable to Rooster Charlie’s gang of urchins and earned money by reading the broadsides tacked to the sides of shops, giving news from all over the world.
When Jacky must strike out on her own, though, she has few options. A little girl is easy prey on the streets, so Jacky finds the only escape she can, as a ship’s boy helping to teach sailors to read for the Royal British Navy. From there, Jacky must hide her identity, learn the ropes of life in the Royal Navy, and defend herself against pirates, bullies, and her own adventurous ways, which often get her into trouble.
Note: The book starts out with a heavy, low class, British accent, which some may find hard to read, but this evens out a little ways in."
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