Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey

Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey

A 2012 Michael L. Printz Honor Book

Charlie Bucktin, a bookish thirteen year old, is startled one summer night by an urgent knock on his bedroom window. His visitor is Jasper Jones, an outcast in their small mining town, and he has come to ask for Charlie's help. Terribly afraid but desperate to impress, Charlie follows him into the night.

Jasper takes him to his secret glade, where Charlie witnesses Jasper's horrible discovery. With his secret like a brick in his belly, Charlie is pushed and pulled by a town closing in on itself in fear and suspicion. He locks horns with his tempestuous mother, falls nervously in love, and battles to keep a lid on his zealous best friend. In the simmering summer where everything changes, Charlie learns why the truth of things is so hard to know, and even harder to hold in his heart.

From the Hardcover edition.

Craig Silvey grew up on an orchard in the south of Western Australia. First published in 2004, Rhubarb won him a Best Young Australian Novelist Award by the Sydney Morning Herald in 2005. His second novel, Jasper Jones, was released in 2010 and was shortlisted for Australia's most prestigious literary award, the Miles Franklin Literary Award.

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ISBN 13	9780375866272
ISBN 10	0375866272
Title	Jasper Jones
Author	Craig Silvey
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2012-03-27
Number of pages	320
Prizes	Winner of Michael L. Printz Honor Book 2012, Winner of School Library Journal Best Book of the Year 2011, Nominated for ALA Best Books for Young Adults., Nominated for Bank Street Child Study Children's Book Award., Nominated for New Jersey Garden State Teen Book Award 2014, Nominated for Young Adult Services Division, School Library Journal Author Award.
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