Curse of the Blue Tattoo
by L.A. Meyer YFIC MEY
“My name is Jacky Faber and in London I was born, but no, I wasn’t born with that name. Well, the Faber part, yes, the Jacky part, no, but they call me Jacky now and it’s fine with me. They also call me Jack-o and Jackeroe, too, and aye, it’s true I’ve been called Bloody Jack a few times, but that wasn’t all my fault. Mostly, though, they just call me Jacky.
That wasn’t my name, though, back on THAT DARK DAY when my poor dad died of the pestilence and the med dragged him uout or our rooms and down the stairs, his head hanging between his shoulders and his poor feet bouncin’ on the stairs, and me all sobbin’ and blubberin’ and Mum no help, she bein’ sick, too, and my little sister, as well.
Back then, my name was Mary.” [p. 245]
We first meet young Jacky disguised as a sailor and working aboard a ship, the SS Dolphin. When she was found out, she was put off the ship. After all, it just isn't proper for a girl to work as a sailor in the 1800s. Now Jacky finds herself at a prestigious girls’ school in Beacon Hill. The best of the best girls attend the school and poor Jacky just doesn't fit in. She tries. She really does. But she just can't help herself.
One day, on holiday with her friend Amy, Jacky asks “Am I crude Amy? Others have said I am, which is why I am asking.”
With all this, can you picture her trying to become a lady? And through it all, she only hopes that Midshipman Jamie Fletcher will still want to marry her when she is of age.
Whether you start with The Curse of the Blue Tattoo, or go back to the first adventures of Bloody Jack, I’m certain that you’ll want to continue on to the third Bloody Jack Adventure: Under the Jolly Roger!