| ISBN |
9780547721941 (paperback) |
| Name |
Meyer, L. A. (Louis A.), 1942- author. |
| Title |
The wake of the Lorelei Lee : being an account of the adventures of Jacky Faber on her way to Botany Bay / L.A. Meyer. |
| Published |
Boston, MA : Harcourt, 2010. |
| ©2010 |
| Description |
554 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Summary |
Now rich, Jacky Faber has purchased the Lorelei Lee to carry passengers across the Atlantic, and believing she has been absolved of past sins against the Crown, she docks in London, where she is arrested and sentenced to life in the newly formed penal colony in Australia. To add insult to injury, the Lorelei Lee is confiscated to carry Jacky and more than 200 female convicts to populate New South Wales. Not one to give in to self pity, Jacky rallies her sisters to better their position - resulting in wild escapades, brushes with danger, and much hilarity. Will Jacky find herself a founding mother of New South Wales, Australia? Not if she has anything to do about it! |
| Target audience note |
15-18 years old. |
| Subjects |
Sex role -- Juvenile fiction |
| Prisoners -- Juvenile fiction |
| Seafaring life -- Juvenile fiction |
| Orphans -- Juvenile fiction |
| Youth fiction |
| Australia -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction |
| Genre |
Historical fiction |
| Series |
Bloody Jack adventure 08. |
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