Jasper lives and sleeps in a clearing in the bushes he leads Charlie there. Jasper has to take care of himself because his father is a drunk.
Jasper, half-white and half-Aboriginal, is called “half-caste.” Because of his race, Jasper is often blamed for unfortunate events in Corrigan. Jasper tells Charlie to come out with him, and Charlie agrees because of the respect he has for Jasper. One late night, Jasper Jones knocks at Charlie Bucktin’s window. The novel takes place in the late 1960s in the small town Corrigan in Australia. It was adapted into a film by the same name released in 2017. It was chosen by the University of Canberra as the Inaugural UC Book of the Year for 2013. Craig Silvey’s 2009 novel Jasper Jones received and was shortlisted for several major awards, including the 2009 Indie Book of the Year Award, the 2009 Western Australian Premier’s Book Award, and the 2012 Michael L.
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