by Craig Silvey · Círculo De Lectores · tapa dura · ISBN 9788467242812
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«Jasper Jones» is the adventure and coming-of-age novel by Craig Silvey, published by Círculo de Lectores in hardcover (396 pages, in Spanish).
Corrigan, 1965. Charlie Bucktin, a thirteen-year-old reader, receives a visit one night from Jasper Jones, a marginalized mixed-race boy who asks for his help. In a clearing in the woods, Charlie witnesses a terrible discovery and keeps the secret while the town fills with suspicion. The novel deals with friendship, injustice, and the secrets of a town.
Translation by Aleix Montoto; originally published in 2009. The novel was recognized with the Western Australian Premier's Book Award and the Australian Book Industry Award.
It is a work suitable for readers of coming-of-age and mystery novels, and for book clubs interested in Australian narrative.
Craig Silvey is a former Australian novelist. Silvey has twice been named one of the Best Young Australian Novelists by The Sydney Morning Herald and has been shortlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award. His 2009 second novel Jasper Jones was selected by the American Library Association as Best Fiction for Young Adults in their 2012 list, and was made into the movie of the same name in 2017.
