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| In the Belly of the Bloodhound: Being an Account of a Particularly Peculiar Adventure in the Life of Jacky Faber (Bloody Jack Adventures) | 
 enlarge | Authors: L.a. Meyer, Katherine Kellgren (narrator)
Publisher: Listen & Live Audio, Inc.
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (20 reviews)
Sales Rank: 789421
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Audio CD
Reading Level: Young Adult
Number Of Items: 13
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 6.4 x 5.5 x 1.1
ISBN: 1593161425
EAN: 9781593161422
ASIN: 1593161425
Publication Date: October 1, 2008
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Product Description
Now that the King of England has called her a pirate and put a price on her head, Jacky Faber has no choice but to stay out of sight. Hoping for a safe hiding place, she returns to the Lawson Peabody School for Young Girls in Boston, but the calm doesn't last long. On a class field trip to Boston Harbor, the girls are abducted and forced into the hold of the Bloodhound, a ship bound for the slave markets on the Barbary Coast where they will be put up on the auction block and sold into Arab harems. Jacky wouldn't dream of going down without a fight, but the delicate Lawson Peabody girls are in over their heads. Although Jacky will use anything in her arsenal to help her well-heeled classmates, she isn't so certain they will find the strength and courage needed to survive. But if she can convince them to trade petticoats and propriety for her daring escape plan, the girls just might become their own rescuers.
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 wonderful books October 6, 2008
These books are so funny and full adventure i have a hard time putting it down. I originaly got this series for my husband, hes into all the pirate and old navey books but i found my self enjoying them also.
The Best Jack yet! August 29, 2007
I have been in love with this series and its heroine since I first picked up the paperback of "Bloody Jack" and saw the incredible string of rave reviews on the back.
"In the Belly of the Bloodhound" takes on the issue of slavery from a totally new slant and still ties in with the series. Better yet, in this book, Meyer brings his villainness, Clarissa Worthington Howe, into full and sharp relief. Clarissa is not your cardboard cut-out villain but a real, flesh-and-blood, stab-you-in-the-back-with-a-smile, uppercrust snob who makes the perfect foil for our Jacky -- and still turns out to be undeniably human and worthy in her own right.
The characters in this book, in particular, are very well drawn.
Bravo!
In the Belly of the Bloodhound: Being an Account of a Particularly Peculiar Adventure in the Life of Jacky Faber (Bloody Jack Ad August 12, 2007
This was a very exciting book that really makes you hungry for the next one. I would definately recommend it!!
 Love the series, but the Bloodhound is burlesque July 26, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
My kids and I have thoroughly enjoyed the Adventures of the ingenious Jacky Faber and so I delved into the Bloodhound anticipating the same fast paced action, clever escapades and witty narrative. All three of us were disappointed. The narrative lagged and the detour into memories in London didn't help create suspense. One felt that Mr. Meyer was trying to add filler.
The thing that was most disconcerting for me was the dramatic increase in lewd sexual descriptions:Jacky's daily strip tease acts for the crew, continuous allusions to Sammy Nettles sexual behavior with the captain, then Jacky's encounter with him and finally her "solution" with Clarissa in order to divert suspicion. There was far more sexual content in this book. One began to feel like Jacky herself had become burlesque. In the previous stories, I felt like she liked to flirt but the nature of the exploits on the Bloodhound was lacking in good taste.
I see that book 5 is already out. I hope that Mr. Meyer reverts back to his original formula of witty narrative and fast paced action because Jacky truly is a fabulous little heroine.
Keeps You Wanting More June 30, 2007
Wow! I just finished this book and I must say that it was great! The full package, really, with humor from about all the characters, a bit of action and although you know what's going to happen(pretty much) from the bookflap summary it keeps you wondering. ALSO, I don't believe this should be read by a 12 year old, more like late 13 year old for some of the content.
This is good stuff and I suggest it greatly! And, thankfully, the new installment of the series comes in September(Though I wish it was sooner).
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