diff --git a/jmespath-jackson-jr/pom.xml b/jmespath-jackson-jr/pom.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <artifactId>jmespath-jackson-jr</artifactId>
+    <name>JMESPath Jackson jr</name>
+    <description>A JMESPath implementation for Java</description>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>io.burt</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jmespath</artifactId>
+        <version>0.5.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jmespath-core</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.parent.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jmespath-core</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.parent.version}</version>
+            <type>test-jar</type>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.jr</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jackson-jr-objects</artifactId>
+            <version>2.14.2</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.jr</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jackson-jr-stree</artifactId>
+            <version>2.14.2</version>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+</project>
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diff --git a/jmespath-jackson-jr/src/main/java/io/burt/jmespath/jacksonjr/JacksonJrRuntime.java b/jmespath-jackson-jr/src/main/java/io/burt/jmespath/jacksonjr/JacksonJrRuntime.java
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+package io.burt.jmespath.jacksonjr;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonToken;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.jr.ob.JSON;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.jr.stree.JacksonJrsTreeCodec;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.jr.stree.JrsArray;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.jr.stree.JrsBoolean;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.jr.stree.JrsNull;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.jr.stree.JrsNumber;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.jr.stree.JrsObject;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.jr.stree.JrsString;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.jr.stree.JrsValue;
+import io.burt.jmespath.BaseRuntime;
+import io.burt.jmespath.JmesPathType;
+import io.burt.jmespath.RuntimeConfiguration;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.UncheckedIOException;
+import java.util.AbstractList;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+public class JacksonJrRuntime extends BaseRuntime<JrsValue> {
+    private final JSON json;
+
+    public JacksonJrRuntime() {
+        this(RuntimeConfiguration.defaultConfiguration());
+    }
+
+    public JacksonJrRuntime(RuntimeConfiguration configuration) {
+        this(configuration, JSON.builder()
+                .treeCodec(new JacksonJrsTreeCodec())
+                .build());
+    }
+
+    public JacksonJrRuntime(RuntimeConfiguration configuration, JSON json) {
+        super(configuration);
+        this.json = json;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public JrsValue parseString(String str) {
+        try {
+            return json.treeFrom(str);
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            throw new IllegalStateException(e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static class JrsArrayListWrapper extends AbstractList<JrsValue> {
+        private final JrsArray array;
+
+        JrsArrayListWrapper(JrsArray array) {
+            this.array = array;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public JrsValue get(int index) {
+            return array.get(index);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public int size() {
+            return array.size();
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public List<JrsValue> toList(JrsValue value) {
+        if (value == null) {
+            return Collections.emptyList();
+        } else if (value.isArray()) {
+            return new JrsArrayListWrapper((JrsArray) value);
+        } else if (value.isObject()) {
+            JrsObject object = (JrsObject) value;
+            List<JrsValue> list = new ArrayList<>(object.size());
+            Iterator<Map.Entry<String, JrsValue>> iterator = object.fields();
+
+            while (iterator.hasNext()) {
+                Map.Entry<String, JrsValue> entry = iterator.next();
+                list.add(entry.getValue());
+            }
+            return list;
+        } else {
+            return Collections.emptyList();
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString(JrsValue value) {
+        if (JsonToken.VALUE_STRING.equals(value.asToken())) {
+            return value.asText();
+        } else {
+            try {
+                return json.asString(value);
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                throw new UncheckedIOException(e);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Number toNumber(JrsValue value) {
+        if (value.isValueNode() && value.isNumber()) {
+            JrsNumber number = (JrsNumber) value;
+            return number.getValue();
+        } else {
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isTruthy(JrsValue value) {
+        if (value.isContainerNode()) {
+            return value.size() > 0;
+        } else if (value.isValueNode()) {
+            switch (value.asToken()) {
+                case VALUE_STRING:
+                    return !value.asText().isEmpty();
+                case VALUE_FALSE:
+                case VALUE_NULL:
+                    return false;
+                default:
+                    return true;
+            }
+        } else {
+            return !value.isMissingNode();
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public JmesPathType typeOf(JrsValue value) {
+        switch (value.asToken()) {
+            case START_ARRAY:
+                return JmesPathType.ARRAY;
+            case VALUE_EMBEDDED_OBJECT:
+            case START_OBJECT:
+                return JmesPathType.OBJECT;
+            case VALUE_STRING:
+                return JmesPathType.STRING;
+            case VALUE_NUMBER_INT:
+            case VALUE_NUMBER_FLOAT:
+                return JmesPathType.NUMBER;
+            case VALUE_TRUE:
+            case VALUE_FALSE:
+                return JmesPathType.BOOLEAN;
+            case VALUE_NULL:
+                return JmesPathType.NULL;
+            case NOT_AVAILABLE:
+            default:
+               throw new IllegalStateException(String.format("Unknown node type encountered: %s", value.asToken()));
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public JrsValue getProperty(JrsValue value, JrsValue name) {
+        if (JsonToken.VALUE_NULL.equals(value.asToken())) {
+            return JrsNull.instance();
+        } else {
+            JrsValue node = value.get(name.asText());
+            return node != null ? node : createNull();
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Collection<JrsValue> getPropertyNames(JrsValue value) {
+        if (value.isObject()) {
+            List<JrsValue> names = new ArrayList<>(value.size());
+            Iterator<String> fieldNames = value.fieldNames();
+            while (fieldNames.hasNext()) {
+                names.add(createString(fieldNames.next()));
+            }
+            return names;
+        } else {
+            return Collections.emptyList();
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public JrsValue createNull() {
+        return JrsNull.instance();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public JrsValue createArray(Collection<JrsValue> elements) {
+        List<JrsValue> values = new ArrayList<>();
+        for (JrsValue node: elements) {
+            if (node == null) {
+                values.add(JrsNull.instance());
+            } else {
+                values.add(node);
+            }
+        }
+        return new JrsArray(values);
+
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public JrsValue createString(String str) {
+        return new JrsString(str);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public JrsValue createBoolean(boolean b) {
+        return b ? JrsBoolean.TRUE : JrsBoolean.FALSE;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public JrsValue createObject(Map<JrsValue, JrsValue> obj) {
+        Map<String, JrsValue> values = new HashMap<>();
+        for (Map.Entry<JrsValue, JrsValue> entry : obj.entrySet()) {
+            values.put(entry.getKey().asText(), entry.getValue());
+        }
+        return new JrsObject(values);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public JrsValue createNumber(double n) {
+        return new JrsNumber(n);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public JrsValue createNumber(long n) {
+        return new JrsNumber(n);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/jmespath-jackson-jr/src/test/java/io/burt/jmespath/jacksonjr/JacksonJrComplianceTest.java b/jmespath-jackson-jr/src/test/java/io/burt/jmespath/jacksonjr/JacksonJrComplianceTest.java
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+package io.burt.jmespath.jacksonjr;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.jr.stree.JrsValue;
+import io.burt.jmespath.Adapter;
+import io.burt.jmespath.JmesPathComplianceTest;
+
+public class JacksonJrComplianceTest extends JmesPathComplianceTest<JrsValue> {
+    private Adapter<JrsValue> runtime = new JacksonJrRuntime();
+
+    @Override
+    protected Adapter<JrsValue> runtime() { return runtime; }
+}
diff --git a/jmespath-jackson-jr/src/test/java/io/burt/jmespath/jacksonjr/JacksonJrTest.java b/jmespath-jackson-jr/src/test/java/io/burt/jmespath/jacksonjr/JacksonJrTest.java
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+++ b/jmespath-jackson-jr/src/test/java/io/burt/jmespath/jacksonjr/JacksonJrTest.java
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+package io.burt.jmespath.jacksonjr;
+
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.jr.stree.JrsValue;
+import io.burt.jmespath.Adapter;
+import io.burt.jmespath.JmesPathRuntimeTest;
+import io.burt.jmespath.RuntimeConfiguration;
+
+public class JacksonJrTest extends JmesPathRuntimeTest<JrsValue> {
+    @Override
+    protected Adapter<JrsValue> createRuntime(RuntimeConfiguration configuration) {
+        return new JacksonJrRuntime(configuration);
+    }
+}