Author: L.A. Meyer
Copyright: 2004
Genre: Adventure
ISBN: 0152051155
This book is written in the voice of Jacky Faber, an orphan who has just arrived in Boston, Massachusetts, having just been found out to be a girl on the ship which she was sailing called the Dolphin. She is deposited into the Lawson Peabody School for Girls. At the school, she is supposed to be learning how to become a fine lady, but as we know with Jacky, she is soon up to her old tricks. If she’s not singing or dancing, she’s making a fool out of herself trying to become a lady and not get into fisticuffs with Miss Clarissa, the school bitch. She still is very fond of Jaimy Fletcher, but the sea, continents, and other forces seem to be keeping them apart. Written very informally, it the cockney voice of Jacky, she will become your best friend simply by saying hello.
I enjoyed this book because it made me feel as if I were a kid again. Jacky makes you feel like you are in a whirlwind. Also, it feels like you are riding on a rollercoaster that you never want to get off of. Each page leaves you wanting more. I can’t wait to get started on the next book.
