![]() ![]() She has her fears, and when she gets scared she starts crying and screeching like a banshee. I loved Jacky! She is such a strong, true female character! I was thrilled to find her in a YA/MG book. Adventures follow, with Jacky worried about someone finding out her secret the whole time. She soon finds herself at the docks, where she lands a position as ship’s boy in the Royal Navy. She immediately realizes how much easier life is for boys, even orphan boys. She disguises herself as a boy and starts wandering London on her own. ![]() Jacky eventually decides she needs to do something to improve her life before she ends up dead. Luckily, she made her way into one of the gangs of street orphans, groups of children who watch out for each other and share whatever they manage to find or steal. ![]() She actually came from a good family, but when both her parents died of illness, there was nowhere for Jacky to go but the streets. Mary “Jacky” Faber is an orphan in eighteenth-century London. ![]()
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