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299 p Summary: Late on a hot summer night in 1965, 13-year-old Charlie Bucktin is startled by a knock on his window. It is Jasper Jones, an outcast in the regional mining town of Corrigan. Rebellious, mixed-race and solitary, Jasper needs Charlie's help, and takes him to his secret glade in the bush, where Charlie bears witness to Jasper's horrible discovery. With his secret like a brick in his belly, Charlie is pushed and pulled by a town full of fear and suspicion "A Windmill original"--Cover