


Charlie decides to leave with Jasper but when they arrive at their destination, Jasper’s secret glade in the bush, Charlie sees the body of Laura Wishart, Jasper’s secret girlfriend, hanging from a tree.Ĭharlie is even more Shocked by the fact that Laura is the older sister of his crush, Eliza Wishart, as well as the mayor’s daughter. Even though Jasper has the reputation of being the town’s trouble maker, Charlie feels somewhat honoured that Jasper is at his window asking for his help. It begins when Jasper Jones comes to Charlie’s window one night looking for help. It is about a thirteen-year-old boy, Charlie Bucktin, and his struggle to process and live with the fact that he helped Jasper Jones, the town trouble maker, cover up the death of Laura Wishart. The story takes places in 1965 in a small Australian mining town called Corrigan, during the Vietnam war. ‘Jasper Jones, was written by author Craig Silvey.
