Jasper Jones. The story takes places in 1965 in a small Australian mining town called Corrigan, during the Vietnam war. Jasper Jones is set in 1960's small rural town Australia. Charlie and Jasper have very little in common and have nothing to do with each other. He is reading in his room when he is interrupted by Jasper Jones. According to Read Melanie Kembrey's article in the Sydney Morning Herald, Jasper Jones sold more than 600,000 copies (with two-thirds of those sold in Australia). The novel was the inaugural book for the 'One Book' series of events at the 2005 Perth International Arts Festival. In 2007, Silvey released The World According To Warren, a picture book affectionately starring the guide-dog from Rhubarb. Allen & Unwin is Australia's leading independent book publisher and has been voted "Publisher of the Year" thirteen times including the inaugural award in 1992 and eleven times since 2000. His visitor is Jasper Jones, an outcast in the regional mining town of Corrigan. View various book covers for Jasper Jones on Craig Silvey's Facebook. Jasper Jones : a novel / Craig Silvey. Silvey's next novel, Jasper Jones, was published in 2009. Jasper Jones was the Australian Book Industry Awards Book of the Year for 2010.Honeybee is his third novel. Craig Silvey achieves this beautiful feat in Jasper Jones. "By the author of Rhubarb"- … In early 2008, he completed his second novel, Jasper Jones, with the aid of an Australia Council New Work Grant. Jasper Jones - Craig Silvey - 9781760295929 - Allen & Unwin - Australia We open in Corrigan in the 1960’s, a small Australian town where everybody knows everybody, and unfortunately, being of a different race makes you stand out like the moon in a pitch black sky. Jasper Jones on Goodreads and LibraryThing. Chapter 1: Chapter 1 starts off with Charlie Bucktin setting the scene, introducing himself and the layout of his life. If you own this book, you can mail it to our address below. Oh dear. A 2012 Michael L. Printz Honor Book. Published in over a dozen territories, Jasper Jones has won plaudits in three continents, including an International Dublin Literary Award shortlisting, a Michael J. Printz Award Honor, and a Miles Franklin Literary Award shortlisting. Young protagonist, Charlie, often makes references to his latest favorite book, To Kill A Mockingbird, and there many similarities in these two novels. I've read a string of rather mediocre books recently and, sadly, this one falls into that category too. Outside of literature, Silvey is … ‘Jasper Jones, was written by author Craig Silvey. Charlie Bucktin, a bookish thirteen year old, is startled one summer night by an urgent knock on his bedroom window. 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 sleepout. 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