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Bloody Jack

Being an Account of the Curious Adventures of Mary "Jacky" Faber, Ship's Boy

Bloody Jack( )
Author: Meyer, L. A.
Compiled by: BookSource Staff,
Series title:Bloody Jack Adventures Ser.
ISBN:978-0-613-71640-6
Publication Date:Jun 2010
Publisher:Turtleback
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $20.85
Book Description:

Reduced to begging and stealing in the streets of London, a 13-year-old orphan disguises herself as a boy and connives her way onto a British warship set for high sea adventure in search of pirates.

Book Details
Pages:301
Detailed Subjects: Juvenile Fiction / Action & Adventure / General
Juvenile Fiction / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):7.2 x 5.04 x 1.03 Inches
Book Weight:0.6 Pounds
Author Biography
Meyer, L. A. (Author)
L. A. Meyer was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania in 1942. He received a B.A. in English literature from the University of Florida in Gainesville and soon after, enlisted in the U.S. Navy for a four year-stint. He worked as a social worker and then published two picture books, The Gypsy Bears and The Clean Air and Peaceful Contentment Dirigible Airline, before receiving his M.F.A. in painting from Boston University in 1973.

He taught high school art in Massachusetts for seven years and then left to open art and design shops. His first novel for young readers, Bloody Jack: Being an Account of the Curious Adventures of Mary "Jacky" Faber, Ship's Boy, was published in 2002. It became the first book in the Bloody Jack Adventure series. He died from Hodgkin's lymphoma on July 29, 2014 at the age of 71.

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