Thirteen Reasons Why
Jay Asher

Thirteen Reasons Why
Jay Asher
Review
by Tina Lehnert, Australian Children's Literature Alliance
16- year old Clay Jensen finds a shoebox containing a map and seven audio tapes on his doorstep. The tapes were recorded by Hannah Baker, his classmate. Hannah is dead - she committed suicide two weeks earlier. In one night, listening to Hannah’s voice and following her directions through town, Clay discovers the thirteen reasons that led to her death - and why he is one of them.
This book is fast-paced and gripping, Hannah’s laconic, eerie voice is haunting - but rather than exploit the difficult topic of teen suicide for the purposes of writing a ‘suspense novel’, Asher does it considerate justice by writing credibly and authentically, with a fitting sense of urgency and sadness. Hannah speaks frankly, in brief anecdotes, about depression, bitching, backstabbing, sexual pressure, and their dangerous potency to set off severe, unforeseen reactions.
A bestseller in the US, this novel will give its readers plenty to think about.
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