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Reader reviewed by stephanie

Clay Jensen found a shoe box filled with cassette tapes when he came home from school. The package had his name on it and when he opened it, he found that the cassette tapes were from his classmate, Hannah Baker, who had committed suicide just two weeks before. At first, he thought he had nothing to do with her death, however, when he pressed play on the first cassette, he found that he was one of the reasons why she had committed suicide. Her voice tells him that if he continues to listen, hell find out why. There are seven tapes with thirteen different people and thirteen different reasons why she had felt compelled to die. Before her death, he had received a map and using the map as a reference; he went and traveled to each of her appointed destinations. Through out the night, Clay traveled and listened to each of her reasons. He becomes a first-hand witness to Hannahs pain and learns the truth about himself something that he had never wanted to face. This book started as a flashback, the morning after he had finished listening to the tapes, and ended with Clay learning to overcome his weakness allowing him to spread out his hands and help others. This book has a strong sense of reality and will keep you hooked.