Jasper Jones - Winner of the Australian Book Industry Award 2010, the Australian Booksellers Choice Award 2010 and the Australian Independent Booksellers 2009. Nominated for the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis 2013, cat
Verlag | Random House UK |
Auflage | 2012 |
Seiten | 304 |
Format | 14 x 19,8 x 1,9 cm |
Gewicht | 214 g |
Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
ISBN-10 | 0099537540 |
EAN | 9780099537540 |
Bestell-Nr | 09953754EA |
An unforgettable coming-of-age novel from a dazzling new talent
Klappentext:
NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING TONI COLLETTE AND HUGO WEAVING
Summer, 1965.
Late one night, thirteen-year-old Charlie Bucktin is startled by a knock on his window.
His visitor is Jasper Jones. Rebellious, mixed-race and solitary, Jasper is intriguing. And he needs Charlie\'s help. In the dead of night, the boys steal through town, and Charlie learns of Jasper\'s horrible discovery.
Burdened by a terrible secret and the weight of a town\'s suspicion, Charlie feels his world closing in.
After this summer nothing will ever be the same again.
Rezension:
Catcher in the Rye meets To Kill a Mockingbird in a novel that confronts racism, injustice, friendship and the tenderness of first love - as seen by bookish, guileless, 13-year-old Charlie Bucktin, led astray by the intriguing, dangerous eponymous outcast, Jasper Jones Easy Living