Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher

 

 "You can't stop the future. You can't rewind the past.  The only way to learn the secret is to press play."


   Imagine having your crush commit suicide, and then realizing YOU are part of the reason why.   That's what happens to Clay Jensen in Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher.   Clay comes home from school one day to find a shoe box, full of tapes.  He listens and realizes that they are tapes Hannah Baker, his previous crush, has recorded. There are 7 tapes, each with two sides, except for the seventh.  "Thirteen tapes, because there are thirteen sides to every story"(9).   As he listens to tapes, he thinks it must be a mistake.  Then the tapes say "I Almost forgot.  If you're on my list, you should've received a map"(11).  He pulls the map out of his backpack.  Shocked and scared of what’s to come.  He goes about his night listening to the tapes and following the map.  Waiting for his name to pop up. What’s his story? What are the secrets? Read Thirteen Reasons Why to find out the story behind Hannah Baker and her suicide. 

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