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Jasper Jones

By Craig Silvey

By Craig Silvey

By Craig Silvey

By Craig Silvey

By Craig Silvey
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By Craig Silvey
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Paperback $9.99

Mar 27, 2012 | 320 Pages | Young Adult

Ebook $9.99

Apr 05, 2011 | 320 Pages | Young Adult

Audiobook Download $25.00

Mar 27, 2012 | 671 Minutes | Young Adult

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    About Jasper Jones

    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.

    About Jasper Jones

    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.

    About Jasper Jones

    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.

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    About Craig Silvey

    CRAIG SILVEY wrote his first novel, Rhubarb, at the age of 19. It became a bestseller and was chosen as the “One Book” for the Perth International Writers Festival. Craig is the singer/songwriter for the band The Nancy Sikes! and… More about Craig Silvey

    About Craig Silvey

    CRAIG SILVEY wrote his first novel, Rhubarb, at the age of 19. It became a bestseller and was chosen as the “One Book” for the Perth International Writers Festival. Craig is the singer/songwriter for the band The Nancy Sikes! and… More about Craig Silvey

    About Craig Silvey

    CRAIG SILVEY wrote his first novel, Rhubarb, at the age of 19. It became a bestseller and was chosen as the “One Book” for the Perth International Writers Festival. Craig is the singer/songwriter for the band The Nancy Sikes! and… More about Craig Silvey

    Product Details

    Category: Teen & Young Adult Fiction | Teen & Young Adult Social Issues

    Paperback | $9.99
    Published by Ember
    Mar 27, 2012 | 320 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 | Young Adult | ISBN 9780375866272

    Category: Teen & Young Adult Fiction | Teen & Young Adult Social Issues

    Ebook | $9.99
    Published by Knopf Books for Young Readers
    Apr 05, 2011 | 320 Pages | Young Adult | ISBN 9780375896781

    Category: Teen & Young Adult Fiction | Teen & Young Adult Social Issues | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $25.00
    Published by Listening Library (Audio)
    Mar 27, 2012 | 671 Minutes | Young Adult | ISBN 9780449013953

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    Praise

    Starred Review, Kirkus Reviews, March 15, 2011:
    “The author’s keen ear for dialogue is evident in the humorous verbal sparring between Charlie and Jeffrey, typical of smart 13-year-old boys…A richly rewarding exploration of truth and lies by a masterful storyteller.”

    Starred Review, The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books, April 2011:
    “Silvey’s sure-footed, evocative prose, intelligent humor, and careful plot structuring may well ensure this Aussie import lasting status.”

    Starred Review, The Horn Book Magazine, May/June 2011:
    “The mood and atmosphere of the 1960s small-town Australian setting is perfectly realized—suspenseful, menacing, and claustrophobic—with issues of race and class boiling just below the surface.”

    Starred Review, School Library Journal, June 2011:
    “Silvey is a master of wit and words, spinning a coming-of-age tale told through the mind of a young Holden Caulfield.”

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