Bloody Jack

By: L. A. Meyer

Narrated by: Katherine Kellgren

Length: 7 hrs and 22 mins

Publisher's summary

Life as a ship's boy aboard HMS Dolphin is a dream come true for Jacky Faber. Gone are the days of scavenging for food and fighting for survival on the streets of 18th-century London. Instead, Jacky is becoming a skilled and respected sailor as the crew pursues pirates on the high seas. There's only one problem: Jacky is a girl. And she will have to use every bit of her spirit, wit, and courage to keep the crew from discovering her secret. This could be the adventure of her life...if only she doesn't get caught.

Listen to the sequel, Curse of the Blue Tattoo.

©2003 L.A. Meyer (P)2007 Listen and Live Audio, Inc.

Critic reviews

• Audie Award Winner, Children's Titles - Ages 12+, 2008

Oh! The fun of being on a ship!

This story doesn't disappoint, made all the more engaging by the reader and we are transported in time and emotion

Fantastic in every possible way

Stellar performance by Ms Kellgren, with a stunning array of voices and accents. The story is, of course, extremely satisfying, well told, brimming with humor, lush in description and well fortified with historic accuracy! A great pleasure to listen to!

Highly entertaining

The narration for this book couldn't be more perfect. Jacky Faber is one of my all-time favorite heroines.

FANTASTIC

I have always loved this series, and getting to listen to this audiobook pulled me in just like when I was a young girl. Loved it!

One of the best audiobook series ever

Probably a little mature for younger readers but this series is one of the hidden gems of YA books. The addiction level is similar to the Hunger Game Series and way better than the Divergent series. Not sure I would have enjoyed these as much if I had read them from a book, as Katherine Kellgren delivers a true Audie winning caliber performance - on every one of the books in the series. (she actually won the audie on 4 or 5 of them)
The only concern I had with the series for younger readers, is that sexual themes are a little strong for such a young heroine. When recommending them to my College age daughters I called them " great fun but just a little bit "rapey" as it seems Jackie is always in sexual peril but always escapes unscathed. I think L.A Meyer tried to write these so as to keep the interest of a 1990's teenage boy and went a little over the top. Nothing so graphic as a Suki Stackhouse novel but enough to make me as a grown man and father of daughters, a little uncomfortable.at times. But because things always worked out for Jackie, it was easy to forgive and move on.

Outstanding story

Not only is the story great, the narrator is fabulous. I was sorry to see that she passed away. She embodied each character. I was never left wondering which character was talking. She took the story from great to fabulous. Loved it so much I bought the whole series.

Best Narrator, Sad Day

I just learned today that Katy Kellgren has passed away. What a shock it was. Jacky Faber, and all her various colleagues, had already become as familiar to me as my own house in the dark, and as beloved (except for the bad guys) as is possible, my own posse. Katy read me the stories. These were all people we both knew. Impossible.

Strange how disbelief persists, actually insists on staying, when some beloved voice, or pet, or person, dies.
So I cried unexpectedly this morning. I will miss Katherine Kellgren as much as I would an old, much-loved friend.

Really, I still can't believe it.

Great Book, Great Performance

I didn't like how this book started, but after the first chapter or so it got a lot better. Enjoyed it a lot and was sad it ended. Good thing there are more books in the series!

I love Jackie’s sass.

This was such a great book, it has so much adventure and sass from Jack. It makes me enjoy life, I look forward to reading the rest of the series. This book is great right from the beginning when Jackie joins Charlies gang and then when she disguises herself as a boy even better. I love it when she starts talking about smell and how the nose will give up, when it knows it’s beat. It is super funny when Jackie gets her period she thinks she has THE POX and it is so funny since she has no idea what that is and how you get it. Jackie is about 7 or eight at the beginning of the book, but about 15 by the time she is found out and that is where our next book will begin, can’t wait. I will be relistening to this one again. Narrator has a great cockney sound, it just rolls off the tongue and makes this book so much better.

Amazing

I don't think my favorite book series could have a better narrator. She made me laugh, she made me cry, she made me love this series even more.