![]() ![]() debut, focuses on the town's ugly underbelly, as well as the troubles in Charlie's family, the novel is gripping enough to overcome its weaknesses. Jasper Jones Paperback Maby Craig Silvey (Author) 4,772 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 9.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Library Binding 20.80 Other new and used from 20.80 Paperback 9.99 Other new and used from 1.61 Mass Market Paperback 24.37 Other new and used from 4. The banter between Jeffrey and Charlie drives the novel's lighter scenes, but can distract, feeling more like Tarantinoesque pop culture asides than anything else. The town of Corrigan is rife with racism, which is directed mainly at the half-aboriginal Jasper and Charlie's Vietnamese best friend, Jeffrey. ![]() The boys, assuming that Jasper will be blamed, hide the body, and Laura's disappearance combines with the boys' guilt and lies to create an ongoing spiral of stress. That secret turns out to be the dead body of Laura Wishart, Jasper's occasional paramour and the older sister of Charlie's own crush, Eliza. Rebellious, mixed-race and solitary, Jasper is a distant figure of danger and intrigue for Charlie. Charlie, 13, is woken up on a hot summer night by teenage outcast Jasper, who wants to show him something secret. His visitor is Jasper Jones, an outcast in the mining town of Corrigan. Australian author Silvey wears his influences (notably To Kill a Mockingbird) a little too obviously on his sleeve in a novel about crime, race, and growing up in a 1960s Australian mining town. ![]()
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