Rapture of the deep being an account of the further adventures of Jacky Faber, soldier, sailor, mermaid, spy

In 1806, star-crossed lovers Jacky Faber and Jaimy Fletcher are kidnapped by British Naval Intelligence and forced to embark on yet another daring mission--this time to search for sunken Spanish gold off the Florida coast.

Main Author: Meyer, L. A. 1942-
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: Boston : Harcourt, 2009.
Series: A Bloody Jack adventure ; #07
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Summary: In 1806, star-crossed lovers Jacky Faber and Jaimy Fletcher are kidnapped by British Naval Intelligence and forced to embark on yet another daring mission--this time to search for sunken Spanish gold off the Florida coast.
Physical Description: 454 p. ; 22 cm.
Awards: A Junior Library Guild selection
ISBN: 9780152065010 (hardcover : alk. paper) :
0152065016 (hardcover : alk. paper) :
9780547551203
Author Notes: 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.

(Bowker Author Biography)