Two weeks after Hannah commits suicide, Clay receives a box without a return address and only containing 7 cassette tapes in the mail. What Clay soon discovers is that these tapes were made by Hannah right before she killed herself in order to tell the thirteen reasons why she did it. The tapes have been making their way around to the people who have had some impact on Hannah’s life - and mostly... read more
Description:Clay Jensen returns home from school to find a mysterious box with his name on it lying on his porch. Inside he discovers cassette tapes recorded by Hannah Baker—his classmate and crush—who committed suicide two weeks earlier. On tape, Hannah explains that there are thirteen reasons why she decided to end her life. Clay is one Clay Jensen returns home from school to find a mysterious box with his name on it lying on his porch. Inside he discovers cassette tapes recorded by Hannah Baker—his classmate and crush—who committed suicide two weeks earlier.
On tape, Hannah explains that there are thirteen reasons why she decided to end her life. Clay is one of them. If he listens, he’ll find out how he made the list.
Through Hannah and Clay’s dual narratives, debut author Jay Asher weaves an intricate and heartrending story of confusion and desperation that will deeply affect teen readers.
"I read this book in less than a day. I was hooked immediately and felt Clay's despair. A very sad story with an ending that might give hope again if not for Hannah at least for Clay. Jay Asher told the story well and got all the small stories entangled perfectly into the main story of Hannah's life. "
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“Two weeks after Hannah commits suicide, Clay receives a box without a return address and only containing 7 cassette tapes in the mail. What Clay soon discovers is that these tapes were made by Hannah right before she killed herself in order to tell the thirteen reasons why she did it. The tapes have been making their way around to the people who have had some impact on Hannah’s life - and mostly not in a good way. The ones who started her in the direction that she’s going in, the ones who compounded what she was doing, the ones who did nothing to help.
Started this book the other evening, and stayed up way too late in order to finish it. I don’t normally read a whole book in one evening, but in this case I just couldn’t put it down. Drew me in right from the beginning. It” read more
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