Disguised in Drag: Used by the pirates in the beginning of My Bonny Light Horseman, and also by Jacky.Dies Wide Open: Benjy, though Jacky closes his eyes later.Did Not Do the Research: Jacky's white wedding dress.She also has her shiv on her at all times, and it miraculously never gets lost. Crazy Prepared: Jacky and the items in her sea bag.Clothing Damage: Seems to be the main attraction in Jacky's playlet ' The Villain Pursues Constant Maiden: Or, Fair Virtue in Peril'.Cliff Hanger: So far, all of the books, in one way or another, but most notably Under the Jolly Roger and In the Belly of the Bloodhound.Looks like Joany and Daniel have made one too.Childhood Marriage Promise: Jacky and Jaimy.Chivalrous Pervert: Randall and Richard Allen.However, Jacky's time there is made very unpleasant thanks to Clarissa. Boarding School of Horrors: The Lawson Peabody School For Young Girls is less horrific and more sternly Puritan.Beta Couple: Several, but most notably Amy and Ezra.Leads to Sexless Marriage and Amicably Divorced. The Beard: Jacky and Higgins get married in The Wake Of The Lorelei Lee, because others on the ship think it strange neither gets married.Thus, Jacky is a skilled artist and much detail goes into the techniques she uses.

Author Appeal: Non-sexual example: the author is an artist and owns an art gallery with his wife.

Attempted Rape: Pretty much once a book, at the very least.

The Archer: Katy Deere, and her Dianas.

Bean give this impression in the audiobook as well, though not in the printed novels.

Ambiguously Gay: Higgins, although it's not so much ambiguous as heavily implied.

Also, all of the Lawson Peabody girls become Action Girls out of necessity when they are taken aboard the Bloodhound to be sold into white slavery. But feel free to break the cast down by trope with the Character Sheet The story is fast-paced and fun to read, but not simplistic in the least-to fully describe the plot would make this page longer than Crowning Moment of Awesome.

The series is a must-read for anyone who likes historical fiction, adventure, pirates, and genuine plucky heroines. but even when everything seems perfect, trouble always manages to find her.īloody Jack is a series of nine young adult novels by L.A. From there, she goes on numerous adventures all over Europe, America, and the open sea, makes unlikely friends, and falls in love. When an unexpected tragedy forces to leave her old gang, Mary Faber dons boys' clothes, renames herself 'Jack,' and signs on to a British warship in 1803 as a ship's boy. Although Jacky's life as a member of Rooster Charlie's Gang is all right considering the circumstances, it's not enough-the sea calls with promises of fortune and high adventure, and Jacky has always wanted to see the Bombay Rat, the Cathay Cat, and the Kangaroo. Jacky Faber is a tough, resourceful urchin on the streets of London, capable of really anything you can imagine.

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