Summer Reading #2

In my book Jasper Jones Jasper wants to hide the body of Laura Wishart so that he won't be suspected as the murderer. Charlie wants to report the murder to the police department. Charlie later agrees to hide the body in a dam and he quickly wants to get home before his parents wake. He can't get home through the woods without Jasper's navigational skills through the woods and Jasper just wants to drink whiskey and smoke cigarettes before be takes Charlie to his home.  Charlie is feeling really guilty about what he has done and wants to come forward to the police. Jasper wants to keep the death of Laura Wishart a secret between them and no one else. A theme that I think is starting to develop is that you should tell the truth and be honest. I think this because the boys could get in alot of trouble if the police find out that they hid the body and that would make them look like the murderers and they could be put in jail. If the boys would have told the truth in the first place then I think they would not be in trouble other than the trouble Charlie would get in for sneaking out of his home in the middle of the night.

Summer Reading #1

In my book Jasper Jones so far there are two major characters. One of them is a boy named Jasper Jones. From what I can tell he has lived a very rough life. His mother is long gone and his father is a drunk that just doesn't care. He often lives in the woods and has to steal the essentials to survive. This makes the whole town hate him and they all think he is no good. The second character in the book is a young boy named Charlie Bucktin. He is thirteen years old, one year younger than Jasper. Charlie is avery intelligent boy and not much of an athlete. The setting this book takes place in is a small Australian mining town called Corrigan. The conflict is that some one murdered a young girl named Laura Wishart and hung her from a tree in the woods where Jasper lives.Jasper doesn't know what to do because the whole town will think that he killed her and seeks the help of Charlie in the middle of the night. My prediction is that Charlie will tell one of his friends about the girl and the police will get involved along with Charlies parents.