My only negative comment on this, was that I had to constantly remind myself that they were two thirteen year old boys – they sounded older than that to me. I really enjoyed reading this book, in particular the banter between Charlie and his best friend Jeffrey. If he had never knocked on Charlie’s window, then Charlie never would have ended up on the path he found himself on. But in a sense, Jasper is Charlie’s coming of age. But he agrees to help Jasper anyway and keep a secret that should not be kept, and in doing so, help Jasper discover who committed this terrible crime. This book is Charlie’s coming of age story and I think that it is more about him than Jasper. What Jasper shows Charlie is the scene of a crime that will no doubt haunt Charlie for the rest of his life. Jasper has made a gruesome discovery and needs help.

One hot summer night in Australia in 1965, Jasper Jones knocks on the window of 13 year old Charlie Bucktin. And you know what I discovered, the book isn’t really about the boy named Jasper Jones. Whatever it is, I finally grabbed a copy and read it after all this time.

I don’t whether it is the light hitting the boys face and creating shadows that don’t let you really see what he is feeling or whether it is the sadness that seems to radiate from him. There is something about the cover of this book that I find alluring. But I judged it in a good way, not in a ‘that looks terrible’ kinda way. “Never judge a book by it’s cover.” Well I did. Not because of the blurb on the back or anything I’ve heard about it, but because of it’s cover. Terribly afraid but desperate to impress, Charlie follows him into the night.Jasper Jonesby Craig Silvey is a book I have been intrigued by for quite a while. His visitor is Jasper Jones, an outcast in their small mining town, and he has come to ask for Charlie’s help. 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.Charlie Bucktin, a bookish thirteen year old, is startled one summer night by an urgent knock on his bedroom window. 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. Jasper takes him to his secret glade, where Charlie witnesses Jasper’s horrible discovery. Terribly afraid but desperate to impress, Charlie follows him into the night. Charlie Bucktin, a bookish thirteen year old, is startled one summer night by an urgent knock on his bedroom window.

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