1/18/2024 0 Comments Jasper jones about![]() Entrusted with this secret and believing Jasper to be innocent, Charlie. On the night that Jasper Jones, the town's mixed race outcast shows him the dead body of young Laura Wishart, Charlie's life is changed forever. 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. 33 Photos Drama Mystery Thriller Coming of age story about Charlie Bucktin, a bookish boy of 14. He locks horns with his tempestuous mother, falls nervously in love, and battles to keep a lid on his zealous best friend. ![]() 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 should have been a lawyer like Atticus Finch. Jasper takes him to his secret glade, where Charlie witnesses Jasper's horrible discovery. The inclusion of these two horrible cases, that of Eric Edgar Cooke and Sylvia Likens, by Silvey in Jasper Jones helps contribute to an atmosphere of suspense and tension, as Charlie worries about what happened to Laura and his role in disposing of the evidence. Terribly afraid but desperate to impress, Charlie follows him into the night. His visitor is Jasper Jones, an outcast in their small mining town, and he has come to ask for Charlie's help. 13 year old Charlie Bucktin is woken up in the middle of the night by his neighbour. Jasper has stumbled upon a terrible crime. Jasper Jones Summary The book starts with the discovery of a dead body. Young Adult Services Division, School Library Journal Author Award nomineeĬharlie Bucktin, a bookish 13 year old, is startled one summer night by an urgent knock on his bedroom window. But when 16-year-old, blamed-for-everything Jasper Jones appears at his window one night, Charlies out of his depth. ![]() School Library Journal Best Book of the Year winner New Jersey Garden State Teen Book Award nominee ![]() Bank Street Child Study Children's Book Award nominee ![]()
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