Jasper jones1/20/2024 Shaken, I clamber onto the bed and remove the dusty slats of glass, piling them on my pillow. ‘What? Why?’ ‘Jesus Christ, Charlie! Just hurry up! Get out here.’ 1Īnd so, he’s here. Just come out here and I’ll explain,’ he whispered. ‘What? Really? What is it?’ ‘I need your help. Jasper!’ and he pressed his face right up into the light. ‘Who is it?’ ‘Charlie! Come out here!’ ‘Who is it?’ ‘It’s Jasper!’ ‘What? Who?’ ‘Jasper. ‘Charlie! Charlie!’ I knelt like a sprinter, alert and fearful. And when Jasper Jones rapped my louvres abruptly with his knuckle and hissed my name, I leapt from my bed, spilling my copy of Pudd’nhead Wilson. It’s near impossible to sleep, so I’ve spent most of my nights reading by the light of my kerosene lamp. The only relief comes from the cooler air that creeps in between the slim slats of my single window. This is the hottest summer I can remember, and the thick heat seems to seep in and keep in my sleepout. Either way, he’s just frightened the living shit out of me. Maybe he doesn’t have anywhere else to go. Allen & Unwin 83 Alexander Street Crows Nest NSW 2065 Australia Phone: (61 2) 8425 0100 Fax: (61 2) 9906 2218 Email: Web: Cataloguing-in-Publication details are available from the National Library of Australia Set in 11.5/15 pt Simoncini Garamond by Bookhouse, Sydney Printed and bound in Australia by Griffin Press 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 The Australian Copyright Act 1968 (the Act) allows a maximum of one chapter or 10 per cent of this book, whichever is the greater, to be photocopied by any educational institution for its educational purposes provided that the educational institution (or body that administers it) has given a remuneration notice to Copyright Agency Limited (CAL) under the Act. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system, without prior permission in writing from the publisher. Jasper Jones is his second novel.įirst published in 2009 Copyright © Craig Silvey 2009 All rights reserved. 'Jasper Jones is a riveting tale, studded with laugh-out-loud and life-affirming moments yet underpinned by a clear-eyed examination of human weaknesses and misdemeanours.Craig Silvey grew up on an orchard in Western Australia. ![]() Silvey's voice is distinctive: astute, witty, angry, understanding and self-assured.' - Weekend Australian 'Jasper Jones confronts inhumanity and racism, as the stories of Mark Twain and Harper Lee did. and, above all, the certainty that Silvey has planted himself in the landscape as one of our finest storytellers.' - Australian Women's Weekly There's tension, injustice, young love, hypocrisy. 'If we see a more entertaining, heartfelt piece of Australian literature in the next 12 months, it will be a rare year indeed - an Australian To Kill a Mockingbird.' - The Monthly 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. 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 as he locks horns with his tempestuous mother, falls nervously in love and battles to keep a lid on his zealous best friend, Jeffrey Lu.Īnd in vainly attempting to restore the parts that have been shaken loose, Charlie learns to discern the truth from the myth, and why white lies creep like a curse. Jasper takes him through town and to his secret glade in the bush, and it's here that Charlie bears witness to Jasper's horrible discovery. ![]() So when Jasper begs for his help, Charlie eagerly steals into the night by his side, terribly afraid but desperate to impress. Rebellious, mixed-race and solitary, Jasper is a distant figure of danger and intrigue for Charlie. ![]() His visitor is Jasper Jones, an outcast in the regional mining town of Corrigan. 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 sleep-out. Full of unforgettable characters, a page-turning pace and outrageously good dialogue, this is a glorious novel - thoughtful, funny, heartbreaking and wise - about outsiders and secrets, and what it really means to be a hero.
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