How long does it take to read Bloody Jack?
Being an Account of the Curious Adventures of Mary "Jacky" Faber, Ship's Boy
L. A. Meyer
Bloody Jack by L. A. Meyer takes about 5 hours 19 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 19 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2002. 290 pages, about 79,750 words. Written for children.
11 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 8 hours 52 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 19 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 19 minutes |
The page count is the median across 6 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
This is the story of Jacky Faber, an orphan from the slums of London. Jacky's only desire after life's tragedies is to become a ship boy. Only one problem... Jacky is a girl. So she disguises herself as a boy and connives her way onto a British warship set for high sea adventure in search of pirates. But this is just the begining of an extremely addicting series and the highly adventerous life of a one Jacky Faber.
Subjects: Searfaring life, Pirates, Juvenile fiction, Seafaring life, Fiction, Sex role
