Under the Jolly Roger: Being an Account of the Further Nautical Adventures of Jacky Faber

 Meyer, L.A. Under the Jolly Roger: Being an Account of the Further Nautical Adventures of Jacky Faber. Book 3 of the Bloody Jack series. 2005. 518p. ISBN 9780152053451. Available at FIC MEY on the library shelves. 

Jacky Faber's stay at the Lawson Peabody School for Young Girls in Boston was rocky, to say the least, and following her tale in The Curse of the Blue Tattoo, Jacky decides to head back to London and see if she can reunite with the love of her life, Jaimy. First, she must secure passage on a ship leaving Boston and heading back to Britain. She signs on to the Pequod, a whaling ship, where she will serve as a cook's helper, a lady companion for the captain's wife, who is also aboard, and a teacher for their child.

Arriving in London without too much trouble, Jacky is told by Jaimy's family that the young man wants nothing to do with her. A maid informs her that this is a lie, however, and sets to find Jaimy who left for the race track. She reconnects with her old haunts, and finds that Judy, one of the children from her former gang has been forcibly impressed as a washgirl, so Jacky rescues her. At the race track, she sees Jaimy hanging out with a girl, and being hot tempered, Jacky storms off in a huff before Jaimy could tell her the girl was his cousin. 

Jacky is soon captured herself and brought by force onboard the HMS Wolverine to serve as a ship's boy. She reveals she's a girl, hoping she will be put back on land, but the captain decides he will have his way with her. Jacky joins the ship's crew and regains her midshipman's title, but soon finds herself confronted by the captain, who suddenly dies of a heart attack. Finding herself in charge of the ship, Jacky decides to continue waging England's blockade of Continental Europe. Now in command of a ship of the line, Jacky Faber is just getting started!