jasper jones 16pt large print edition craig silvey

The titular character is a little older and a lot tougher the kind of guy Charlie wants to impress.

Jasper, distressed, convinces Charlie to sneak out so he can show him something. He is Jasper Jones (Aaron McGrath), a teenage outcast of mixed white-Aboriginal heritage. Late at night, Charlie is roused by a boy tapping at his window. Soon after, Perkins abruptly changes tone. As Jasper Jones opens, 13-year-old Charlie (Levi Miller) and best buddy Jeffrey (Kevin Long) debate whether Batman is technically a superhero given that he has no actual superpower – and whether Spider-Man would be of any use in their (fictional) home town of Corrigan, given that there is so little to swing from. '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.During one scene in Stand By Me, two boys discuss whether Mighty Mouse could beat up Superman. 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.

Jasper jones 16pt large print edition craig silvey