Bibliograph

Jasper Jones, a novel, Craig Silvey

Type

Label

Jasper Jones, a novel, Craig Silvey

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Intended audience

Adolescent

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Jasper Jones

Responsibility statement

Craig Silvey

Sub title

a novel

Summary

Late on a hot summer night in the tail end of 1965, Charlie Bucktin, a precocious and bookish boy of thirteen, is startled by an urgent knock on the window of his sleepout. His visitor is Jasper Jones, an outcast in the regional mining town of Corrigan. Rebellious, mixed-race and solitary, Jasper is a distant figure of danger and intrigue for Charlie. So when Jasper begs for his help, Charlie steals into the night by his side, terrified but desperate to impress. Jasper takes him through town to his secret glade in the bush, and it's here that Charlie bears witness to Jasper's horrible discovery." -- Publisher

Target audience

adult

Classification