Bloody Jack (The Accounts of the Adventures of Mary Jacky Faber)
By L.A. Meyer
Rating:  More then Great (the series)
I can only try to express how fun, adventurous and great these books are. They are so good, that my husband and I saved Viva La Jacquelina (book 10)  for our drive back home from taking our daughter to college. We knew that Jacky would help defuse any melancholy that we felt, of leaving our daughter so far away, for the first time. Listening to these books narrated by Katherine Kellgren, have been fabulous. There are a total of 12 books in the series, and the last one will be published in September. I recently read that Mr. Meyer died last month. I am sadden to hear that we will not have other adventures after the 12th book.  Thank you Mr. Meyer, for the joy your stories have brought not only to me, my family and friends, but to everyone with an adventurous heart, and the tenacity to change their environment.
Mary Faber is a young girl whose family has died from the pelage in England. Faced with being put on the streets of London, Mary joins the Rooster Charlie Gang, and becomes a beggar. Knowing this is no life for her, she disguises herself as a boy and is chosen to become a ships boy for the English Navy. The series are her adventures that takes the reader on a comical, sometime sad, and an always fun ride around the world.  Can't wait for the next one!