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Viva Jacquelina!

Being an Account of the Further Adventures of Jacky Faber, over the Hills and Far Away

Viva Jacquelina!( )
Author: Meyer, L. A.
Series title:Bloody Jack Adventures Ser.
ISBN:978-1-299-90202-2
Publication Date:Jan 2012
Publisher:Harcourt Trade Publishers
Book Format:Ebook
List Price:USD $9.99
Book Description:

The vivacious Jacky Faber returns in the tenth tale in L. A. Meyer s Bloody Jack Adventures, a rip-roaring young-adult series applauded for its alluring combination of adventure, romance, history, and humor. Once again under the thumb of British Intelligence, Jacky is sent to Spain to spy for the Crown during the early days of the nineteenth-century Peninsular War. She finds herself in the company of guerilla freedom fighters, poses for the famous artist Goya, runs with the bulls,...
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Pages:207
Author Biography
Meyer, L. A. (Author)
L. A. Meyer was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania in 1942. He received a B.A. in English literature from the University of Florida in Gainesville and soon after, enlisted in the U.S. Navy for a four year-stint. He worked as a social worker and then published two picture books, The Gypsy Bears and The Clean Air and Peaceful Contentment Dirigible Airline, before receiving his M.F.A. in painting from Boston University in 1973.

He taught high school art in Massachusetts for seven years and then left to open art and design shops. His first novel for young readers, Bloody Jack: Being an Account of the Curious Adventures of Mary "Jacky" Faber, Ship's Boy, was published in 2002. It became the first book in the Bloody Jack Adventure series. He died from Hodgkin's lymphoma on July 29, 2014 at the age of 71.

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