Jasper Jones
A Australia, Fiction, Mystery book. Every instance in my life, I've felt like the exact opposite of Superman. Except this time, this...
A 2012 Michael L. Printz Honor BookCharlie Bucktin, a bookish thirteen year old, is startled one summer night by an urgent knock on his bedroom window. His visitor is Jasper Jones, an outcast in their small mining town, and he has come to ask for Charlie's help. Terribly afraid but desperate to impress, Charlie follows him into the night.Jasper takes him to his secret glade, where Charlie witnesses Jasper's horrible discovery. With his secret...
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- Pages: 310 pages
- ISBN: 9780375866661 / 375866663
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Sorry.Sorry means you feel the pulse of other people's pain as well as your own, and saying it means you take a share of it. And so it binds us together, makes us trodden and sodden as one another. Sorry is a lot of things. It's a hole refilled. A debt repaid. Sorry is the wake of misdeed. It's the crippling ripple of consequence. Sorry is sadness, just as knowing is sadness. Sorry is sometimes self-pity. But Sorry, really, is not about you. It's theirs to take or leave.Sorry means you leave yourself open, to embrace or to ridicule or to revenge. Sorry... I can wade through the dark, but I can only see as far as the guttering candle allows me. Craig Silvey, Jasper Jones // I feel as though I should say something profound, or enact some rite, or trade something to make it official. I want to transfer some trinket which would allow me to say that she's my girl, some kind of currency that proves to people that she likes me back. Something that would permit me to think about her all the time without feeling guilty or helpless or hopelessly far away. I guess I'm just so excited, I want to cage this thing like a tiny red bird so if can't fly away, so it stays the same, so it's still there the next time. For keeps, like a coin...
Everyone! This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. This book touches on so many social issues with a storyline that unfolds beautifully. From a dramatic opening chapter the story, as seen through the eyes of Charlie Bucktin, peels back and exposes the life of a country town and reveals it's hidden dark... So finally my review of Jasper Jones is done! Ta da:This novel was so complex and delicate, picking away at the prejudices of one small town and charting Charlies coming-of-age in a way that reminds me of a flower blooming. At its heart this is a story that lingers long after the final page has been read. Set in a small country town...
