When we published Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey, the buzz around the office told us that we had something special on our hands. We couldn’t have predicted the response when it came out: below is a round-up of the awards mentions and reviews it’s been enjoying:
Awards:
WINNER - 2010 Nielsen BookData Booksellers Choice Award for book that bookseller have most enjoyed handselling
SHORTLIST - Miles Franklin Award
SHORTLIST - Christina Stead Award
Reviews:
‘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 Charile Bucktin, led astray by the intriguing, dangerous, eponymous outcast, Jasper Jones’ Easy Living
‘Terrific…this is an enthralling novel that invites comparison with Mark Twain and isn’t found wanting. Silvey is able to switch the mood from the tragic to the hilarious in an instant’ Mail on Sunday
‘A finely crafted novel that deals with friendship, racism and social ostracism … Saluting To Kill a Mockingbird and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Silvey movingly explores the stifling secrets that lurk behind the most ordinary of facades’ Marie Claire
‘Silvey’s story of a claustrophobic Australian mining town and two of its native, naïve sons is suspenseful, charming and very readable indeed’ Mslexia
From the blogs:
‘A joy to read and has definitely been one of my favorite reads this year!’ - The Little Reader
‘One of my favourite reads of the year so far’ Follow the Thread
‘All I can say is that when I woke this morning and realised I’d finished the book last night, and that I wasn’t going on my usual visit to Corrigan over my cornflakes, I felt I was mourning a good friend’ Gillian E Hamer
‘An engrossing novel’ The Book Bag
Craig Silvey has written in a way that is accessible to young and old. It’s descriptive, captivating and thrilling - a book with a long lifespan … READ IT! Giovanna Falcone
Order a copy from us, or through Amazon, Play, Waterstone’s, or at your local bookshop now, or go to the website and find out more!
