Thirteen Reasons Why

✍ Scribed by Asher, Jay

• Book ID: 108648374
• Publisher: Turtleback
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 115 KB
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN-13: 9781101539927

✦ Synopsis

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. High-school student Clay Jenkins receives a box in the mail containing thirteen cassette tapes recorded by his classmate Hannah, who committed suicide.

From Booklist

When Clay Jenson plays the casette tapes he received in a mysterious package, he's surprised to hear the voice of dead classmate Hannah Baker. He's one of 13 people who receive Hannah's story, which details the circumstances that led to her suicide. Clay spends the rest of the day and long into the night listening to Hannah's voice and going to the locations she wants him to visit. The text alternates, sometimes quickly, between Hannah's voice (italicized) and Clay's thoughts as he listens to her words, which illuminate betrayals and secrets that demonstrate the consequences of even small actions. Hannah, herself, is not free from guilt, her own inaction having played a part in an accidental auto death and a rape. The message about how we treat one another, although sometimes heavy, makes for compelling reading. Give this to fans of Gail Giles psychological thrillers. Dobrez, Cindy

Review

...compelling reading. -- Booklist

A brilliant and mesmerizing debut from a gifted new author. -- Kirkus, starred review