7/3/2023 0 Comments Author jasper jonesPushed into the margins by life while still only a boy, he’s held up as a bad influence and ignored until bad things happen and people need someone to blame. He’s a shadowy and enigmatic character when he first appears outside Charlie Bucktin’s window. Jasper Jones and I may have taken our time getting acquainted but I am so very happy that we finally did. In the dead of night, the boys steal through town, and Charlie learns of Jasper’s horrible discovery.īurdened by a terrible secret and the weight of a town’s suspicion, Charlie feels his world closing in.Īfter this summer nothing will ever be the same again. Rebellious, mixed-race and solitary, Jasper is intriguing. Late one night, thirteen-year-old Charlie Bucktin is startled by a knock on his window. I still didn’t read it back then but it leapt out at me when I was trying to find a book title with J for this month’s A-Z Challenge. I can’t even remember when or where I bought it, although I have a feeling that I wanted to read more Australian fiction while I waited for a new Tim Winton book to come out. Jasper Jones has been sitting on my bookshelf for a long time.
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