Title: Thirteen Reasons Why
Author: Jay Asher
Characters: Clay, Hannah
Setting: Crestmont
Book Length: 288 Pages
Summary: Clay finds a mysterious package on his doorstep one day, with no return address. When opened he finds cassette tapes. He plays these tapes and hears the voice of a dead girl. Hannah had killed herself just a few weeks ago, and now he is hearing her voice again. The tapes detail the thirteen reasons why Hannah killed herself, and Clay follows them all over town on a night he will never forget.
Okay, so as you can probably tell I don't read a lot of realistic fiction or contemporaries or anything like that. I've been hearing about this book for awhile now and when I saw it at a used bookstore for a good price, I said why not. Let's give it a try. Well, I am so glad I did! I loved this different format and it taught me a lot. Words do hurt people, and you can never know someone's full story. These are all lessons I had heard before, but this book forced me to take these messages to heart (In a good way). Thank you, Asher, for helping me to understand how I can be a better friend and person. I will never forget what this book taught me, and I will be forever grateful. I strongly recommend this book to anyone.
Drop what you are doing and go read this book!
