The award announcement was made today during the american library association ala. The land of the dead is near the homes of the cimmerians, who live shrouded in mist and cloud 11. At their first stop, they plundered the locals stuff. Recorded books wins 2009 odyssey award for the absolutely true. What is the importance of odysseuss bed in homers odyssey. The odyssey of jon sinclair, including blackhearts legacy book 1 and keys to atlantis. Odysseus follows circes instructions, digging a trench at the site prescribed and pouring libations of milk, honey, mellow wine, and pure water. Being an account of a particularly peculiar adventure in the life of jacky faber recorded by k. Meyer is best known as the author of the bloody jack novels.
The odyssey award for excellence in audiobook production is an annual award conferred by. Book 1 book 2 book 3 book 4 book 5 book 6 book 7 book 8 book 9 book 10 book 11 book 12 book book 14 book 15 book 16 book 17 book 18 book 19 book 20 book 21 book 22 book 23 book 24 themes all themes fate, the gods, and free will piety, customs, and justice cunning, disguise, and selfrestraint memory and grief glory and honor. First the greeks must get past the sirens whose irresistible songs lure sailors into their islands coastal reefs. The odyssey award for excellence in audiobook production is an annual award conferred by the american library association upon the publisher of the best audiobook produced for children andor young adults, available in english in the united states. Here eurylochus and another prepared the ram and ewe for sacrifice. Louis meyer, creator of the swashbuckling bloody jack adventure series starring intrepid mary jacky faber, died on july 29 in ellsworth, maine, of complications from hodgkins lymphoma.
He enlisted in the us navy and served for four years. Being an account of the curious adventures of mary jacky faber, sh. Meyer there are a ton of books in this series 11 total, so if youre looking for a good time, call this book. Then he freed the dead by pouring milk and honey, mellow wine, and water into the trench. Macey moralesjennifer petersen ala media relations 312 28043935043 for immediate release january 26, 2009 denver recorded books, llc, producer of the audiobook, the absolutely true diary of a parttime indian, has won the second annual odyssey award for excellence in audiobook production. True to his word, odysseus returns to aeaea for elpenors funeral rites. Listening to bloody jack is bloody good fun shelftalker. In book 11 of homers the odyssey, odysseus continues to share the story of his difficult journey with alkinoos and the phaiakians. In the third book of the bloody jack series, unlikely heroine jacky faber, a pirate at heart, returns to the sea in a truly swashbuckling tale filled with good humour, wit, and courage. By the time homers audience encounters odyssey 23, odysseus has revealed his identity to his son. Characters heracles aka hercules achilles anticleia odysseus mother achilles received eternal glory or kleos in the trojan war, but when he meets odysseus he tells him that he would rather be alive without any glory than in the underworld. Meyer available now from houghton mifflin harcourt bfyr. Recorded books wins 2009 odyssey award for the absolutely. Meyer 19422014 was a painter and an author of childrens books, best known for his young adult historical novels in the jacky faber adventure series, also known as the bloody jack series.
After leaving the lawson peabody school for young girls in bostonunder dire circumstances, of course jacky boards a whaling ship bound for london, where. Being an account of the further adventures of jacky faber, jewel of the east. The early classics adventures in odyssey golden audio series no. Bloody jack adventures 12 book series kindle edition. Several stormtossed days later, they landed on the island of the lotuseaters. Circe is helpful once more, providing supplies and warnings about the journey to begin the next dawn. Georgia peach book award 2005, odyssey award nominee 2008, rhode island teen book award nominee 2005, dorothy. He did this to gain access to the kingdom of the dead.
The odyssey by homer book 11 summary and analysis duration. Meyers character mary jacky faber is a kind of ya female version of george macdonald frasers flashman. Meyer is a fantastic story about a young girl who had once posed as a male sailor on a. With big dreams and perhaps too much exuberance for the puritan populace, she quickly finds herself at odds with the womens temperance union and a town roiling over the arrival of hundreds of irish laborers, brought in on jackys lorelei lee. Find a summary of this and each chapter of the odyssey. Boston jacky being an account of the further adventures of jacky faber, taking care of business book eleven of the bloody jack adventures by l. Being an account of the misadventures of jacky faber, midshipman and fine lady by l. Katherine kellgren performs at the east meadow public library 2015.
Many cities of men he saw and learned their minds, many pains he suffered, heartsick on the open sea. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Common knowledge book awards odyssey award nominee. Accordingly, i did as circe instructed, bleeding a sacrificed lamb into a pit. Being an account of the further adventures of jacky faber, taking care of business bloody jack adventures the mark of the golden dragon. Setting odysseus took his sword and dug a trench between the river of tears and the river of fire. Odysseus addressed a prayer to the dead and sacrificed the sheep into a pit that had been dug. The mortal tendency to succumb to temptation manifests itself throughout book 10. Being an account of a particularly peculiar adventure in the life of jacky faber, book number 4 in the bloody jack series by l. Being an account of the further adventures of jacky faber, over the hills and far away bloody jack adventures boston jacky.
His final jacky faber book, wild rover no more, was published posthumously in september that year. Summary and analysis book 12 the cattle of the sun. Chicago turabian author date citation style guide meyer, l. In addition to being on the scene of historic events such as the battle of trafalgar, characters from other books, including moby dick and dickens oliver make. Opinion, news, and lists from the book people at booklist, book links. Chapter summary for homers the odyssey, book 11 summary. Originally published on june the 6th, 2012, this novel helped introduce the character of mary jacky faber onto the literary scene. How much this can carry the book may vary from person to person depending on how tired they are of jackys shortcomings.
Can someone give a proper book synopsis without spoilers please. Summary and analysis book 11 the visit to the dead. Jacky faber makes waves, even when docked in her adopted city of boston to attend to the business of faber shipping worldwide. Being an account of the further nautical adventures of jacky faber, by l. Being an account of the curious adventures of mary jacky faber, ships boy. Being an account of the further adventures of jacky faber, jewel of the east, vexation of the west, and pearl of the south china sea bloody jack adventures book 9 l. Being an account of a particularly peculiar adventure in the life of jacky faber. He let the blood and gore of the beasts fall into the.
Faber, taking care of business bloody jack adventures by l. The vivacious jacky faber returns in the tenth tale in l. When i saw that wild rover no more was going to be the final book in the bloody jack adventures, i felt. Book i athena inspires the prince sing to me of the man, muse, the man of twists and turns driven time and again off course, once he had plundered the hallowed heights of troy. It is jointly administered by two ala divisions association for library service to children alsc and young adult library services association. The odyssey book 111 characters and places 39 terms. Just as odysseus taunts the blinded polyphemus in book 9 by boasting about his defeat of the cyclops, the members of his crew prove unable to resist looking into aeoluss bag, and their greed ends up complicating their nostos, or homeward voyage. Listening library, an imprint of random house, has produced 11 of the 30 winners and runnersup while brilliance audio of amazon has produced six. In the first book of her adventures, bloody jack also the recipient of an odyssey honor award and an audie award, jacky, whose early years. Meyer wanting to reach a young adult audience, he presents this in an easily accessible yet relatable. Being an account of the curious adventures of mary jacky faber.