Bloody Jack: Being An Account of the Curious Adventures of Mary “Jacky” Faber, Ship's Boy is a historical novel by L.A. Meyer, published by Harcourt Children's Books in September 2002.

The story is continued in Curse of the Blue Tattoo (2004), Under the Jolly Roger (2005), In the Belly of the Bloodhound (2006), Mississippi Jack (2007), My Bonny Light Horseman (2008), Rapture of the Deep (2009), The Wake of the Lorelei Lee (2010), The Mark of the Golden Dragon (2011), Viva Jacquelina!

After losing her entire family to disease, eight-year-old Mary Faber joins a gang of orphans led by Rooster Charlie, whom she looks up to as a brother.

After Charlie is murdered by a grave robber, she disguises herself as a young boy of eleven years old and seeks passage on the Dolphin, a man of war ship tasked with hunting pirates.

During the battle, a pirate carrying the ship's money chest sneaks up on Jaimy, and Jacky manages to shoot him dead, which earns her the nickname "Bloody Jack".

Bill Sloat, another sailor who frequently targets Jacky, discovers her secret and tries to rape her in the ship's rope locker.

Liam is charged with the murder and sentenced to death, but Jacky confesses and is subsequently tried in his place, with the court freeing her on account of self-defense.

When the kite breaks free from its moorings, Jacky winds up trapped on a nearby island, where she uses smoke signals to contact the crew.

Despite earning a promotion to midshipman for exceptional bravery, Jacky is discharged from the navy and sent to Boston, where Tilden has arranged for her to attend Lawson Peabody's School for Girls under her assumed name.

[2] Publishers Weekly highlighted how "Meyer evokes life in the 18th-century Royal Navy with Dickensian flair", noting that the author "seamlessly weaves into Jacky's first-person account a wealth of historical and nautical detail at a time when pirates terrorized the oceans".

[3] They also highlighted how the "novel is full of action and derring-do, but the real suspense is generated by maintaining what the heroine calls 'The Deception,' her disguise as a boy".

[5] On behalf of Booklist, Pam Spencer Holley similarly highlighted how "Kellgren’s flexible British accent easily captures the seafaring atmosphere and Jacky’s emotions".

Holley further noted that "nautical music introducing and concluding the work adds to the mood, as does Kellgren’s impressive singing of a ballad.