Jasper John Dooley: Left Behind
By Caroline Adderson and Ben Clanton
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Jasper John Dooley: Left Behind is the second in a series of chapter books featuring a charismatic and funny central character. An only child with active, loving parents (and a most impressive lint collection), Jasper John Dooley is a true original.
Caroline Adderson
CAROLINE ADDERSON is the author of four novels (A History of Forgetting, Sitting Practice, The Sky Is Falling, Ellen in Pieces) and two collections of short stories (Bad Imaginings, Pleased to Meet You), as well as many books for young readers. Published in eleven countries, her work has received numerous award nominations, including for the Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award, the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, two Commonwealth Writers’ Prizes, the Governor General’s Literary Award, the Rogers’ Trust Fiction Prize and the Scotiabank Giller Prize. Winner of three BC Book Prizes and three CBC Literary Prizes, Caroline was also the recipient of the Marian Engel Award for mid-career achievement. She is the program director of the Writing Studio at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity.
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Jasper John Dooley - Caroline Adderson
For Nana and Baba, who left us behind — C.A.
Text © 2013 Caroline Adderson
Illustrations © 2013 Ben Clanton
ISBN 978-1-77138-075-1 (ebook)
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This is a work of fiction and any resemblance of characters to persons living or dead is purely coincidental.
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Edited by Sheila Barry
Designed by Rachel Di Salle
Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication
Adderson, Caroline, 1963–
Jasper John Dooley left behind / written by Caroline Adderson ; illustrated by Ben Clanton.
(Jasper John Dooley ; 2)
ISBN 978-1-55453-579-8 (bound)
I. Clanton, Ben, 1988– II. Title. III. Series: Adderson, Caroline, 1963–. Jasper John Dooley ; 2.
PS8551.D3267L44 2013 jC813’.54 C2012-905447-X
Contents
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter 1
On Sunday morning Jasper John Dooley’s Nan left on a holiday. Dad carried her big suitcase out of her apartment, and Mom carried Nan’s small suitcase. Jasper took her purse. He rapped the jaws of the lion-head knocker that guarded Nan’s place and said in a loud, liony voice, Have a good trip, Nan!
In his Jasper voice he asked, Where are you going, anyway, Nan?
She’s going on the trip of a lifetime,
Dad said. A cruise to Alaska.
You mean on a boat?
Jasper said, going ahead to press the elevator button.
On a ship,
Nan said. A huge ship.
You’re going on a ship trip?
Everybody laughed. Then the elevator came, and they all got in. Jasper pressed L
for lobby. Why didn’t you tell me about the ship?
he asked Nan.
I did. I told you last Wednesday when you were over.
As they rode down, Nan told him about the ship again. It has a swimming pool, a ballroom and ten restaurants. Imagine! Ten restaurants on one ship.
Oh, right,
Jasper said. "Now I remember. But I didn’t know you were going on it. I thought it was something you saw on TV."
She’s really going,
Mom said.
The elevator pinged and opened, and they all stepped out into the lobby. It looked like a jungle because of all the plants. A jungle with an elevator.
It’s going to be a wonderful week,
Mom said.
Week?
Jasper said. Week? You’re going to be back on Wednesday, aren’t you, Nan?
Every Wednesday after school Jasper went to Nan’s to play Go Fish for jujubes.
Nan didn’t answer. Maybe she hadn’t heard him. Sometimes he had to get right up close for her to hear what he was saying. Then he thought of something else. Jasper liked going to the pool, and he really liked going to restaurants. He loved playing with balls