Craig Silvey

Craig Silvey is an Australian novelist and screenwriter whose books include Rhubarb, Jasper Jones, Honeybee, and Runt. Jasper Jones was adapted as a stage play and feature film.

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Jasper Jones

2009 · Mystery & Thriller

Print — Amazon

2 editions: Print · 2011 | Print · 2009

1 adaptation: Jasper Jones · Film · 2017

About this work & edition details

In a small Australian town in 1965, thirteen-year-old Charlie Bucktin is awakened by Jasper Jones, a local boy blamed whenever trouble occurs. Jasper leads him to a terrible discovery in the bush and asks for his help keeping it secret while they search for the person responsible. Charlie's investigation draws him into the town's buried violence, racism, and hypocrisy, while his friendship with Jeffrey Lu exposes another side of the same prejudice. The mystery becomes a test of whom Charlie trusts and what courage requires.

Print · Knopf Books for Young Readers · 2011-04-05 · English
ISBN 9780375866661

Print · Allen & Unwin · 2009-03-31 · English
ISBN 9781741757743

Podcasts & Discussion (7)

The QuickyHEADLINES: Craig Silvey Enters Child Exploitation Plea & Blake Lively Settles Legal Drama ↗2026-05-05 QBD Book Club: The PodcastKIDS CLUB: "Runt 02: Runt And The Diabolical Dognapping" by Craig Silvey ↗2025-11-14 Popcorn PodcastCraig Silvey and Matt Day interview (Runt) ↗2024-09-18 Afternoons with Leith ForrestINTERVIEW: Craig Silvey and Lily LaTorre on Runt ↗2024-09-18 The Grown-Up Girls Report PodcastBook Club - Honeybee by Craig Silvey ↗2021-04-30 The Bookstorian PodcastS01E09 Book loans and Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey with @pages.with.del ↗2020-12-06 The Fremantle Press PodcastLive from the Business of Being a Writer: bestselling authors Craig Silvey and Alan Carter join the Fremantle Press podcast to talk about the fine print of author contracts ↗2020-04-08

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Craig Silvey is an Australian novelist and screenwriter whose books include Rhubarb, Jasper Jones, Honeybee, and Runt. Jasper Jones was adapted as a stage play and feature film.

The retained bibliography connects this profile to Jasper Jones. These title relationships remain candidate editorial evidence and do not create or alter canonical Works.

The research records Michael L. Printz Award — honor — 2012 — Jasper Jones. Each item remains tied to its retained source for editorial verification.

Adaptation evidence retained in this candidate package includes Jasper Jones as Jasper Jones. Historical status is preserved without implying current production.

Screen & Stage

Jasper Jones Film · 2017

Genres

Mystery & Thriller

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