Can seven cassette tapes change your life? If you’re high schooler Clay Jensen they can. That’s because Clay is one of Hannah Baker’s thirteen reasons—one of the thirteen reasons she committed suicide, as detailed on each side of these seven heartbreaking, enlightening, and thought-provoking tapes.
Thirteen Reasons Why is both surprisingly entertaining and surprisingly compelling for a book about suicide. But it still offers up a poignant lesson for open-minded readers. How much impact can idle gossip or a careless word have on someone else? Thirteen Reasons Why answers: More than you’d like to believe.
Genre: Fiction (YA) Jenny’s rating (out of 5 stars): 4 You’ll like this book if: You’re up for a fresh and compelling take on the dark side of high school dynamics. You won’t like this book if: You think: 288 pages on suicide? Really?