Summary
WINNER, Western Australian Premier’s Book Award for Fiction WINNER, Australian Book Industry Awards Book of the Year WINNER, Indie Book of the Year Award
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 sleep-out. His visitor is Jasper Jones, an outcast in the regional mining town of Corrigan. Rebellious, mixed-race and so…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781742372624 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1742372627 |
| Author: | Craig Silvey |
| Publisher: | Allen & Unwin |
| Imprint: | Allen & Unwin |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 408 |
| Release Date: | 1 May 2010 |
| Weight: | 330g |
| Dimensions: | 40mm x 200mm x 194mm |
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About The Author
Craig Silvey
Craig Silvey grew up on an orchard in Dwellingup Western Australia. He now lives in Fremantle, where at the age of 19 he wrote his first novel, Rhubarb, published by Fremantle Press in 2004. In 2005, Rhubarb was chosen as the ‘One Book’ for the Perth International Writers’ Festival, and was included in the national Books Alive campaign. Silvey also received a Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Novelist Award. In 2007, Silvey released The World According To Warren, a picture book affectionately starring the guide-dog from Rhubarb. His second novel, Jasper Jones, was completed with the aid of an Australia Council New Work Grant. Outside of literature, Silvey is the singer/songwriter for the band The Nancy Sikes!
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