Jasper Jones Book/Video Trailer

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. 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 eagerly steals into the night by his side, terribly afraid but desperate to impress.
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. 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.
And 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. 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.

Buy Jasper Jones Online from Amazon UK

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Jasper-Jones-Craig-Silvey/dp/0099537540/ref=amb_link_...

or Allen & Unwin Australia
http://www.allenandunwin.com/default.aspx?page=94&book=9781741757743

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• Silvey

[ToiletMaker]

Just finished reading this book. It felt like the author took every bad thing in society and put it into one book so that it would be called a "classic" and would be studied in schools for years to come. The story jumps around and doesn't really build up to a climax but instead Silvey throws in a whole new element whenever the story starts to run dry and needs a kickstart.

Would definitely NOT recommend it.

[zeitgeistmediagroup]

@ToiletMaker You are too young to be so cynical.

[Zokax12]

i think this trailer depicts the book horribly...

[JayR8990]

i found this because my name is jasper jones

[commentm4n]

@ToiletMaker

you are way off. this book is an amazing coming of age book that takes you on a great journey. there is tragedy, but also self discovery. the author brilliantly brings you into the mind of this 13 year old boy and the dilemma he finds himself in. his friendship with Jeffery is hilarious. and his family dynamic is so relevant.

I would recommend this book to anyone.

[ToiletMaker]

@zeitgeistmediagroup I stand by what I said. Craig Silvey put all the bad things in society into this book just to make it a "classic":

domestic abuse, discrimation, racism, suicide, rape, alcoholism, corruption, etc

[RoxFan48]

I love this book

[aussiegreta67]

Would make an excellent film....

[recorps1]

Wat film??? It's a trailer for the book