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Jay Asher has startled us all (or at least me) with this spectacular book. Finding a book today can be difficult and challenging, especially for Young Adults, because they can be so shallow and dumb. Jay Asher has written a novel with depth and emotion.

It all starts out when Clay Jensen gets a package from Hannah Baker, a girl from school who had just commited suicide. Of course, for Clay this is startling because they were never really friends, and had only kissed once at a party. Little did he know that he played a role in Hannah Baker's suicide.  Clay is a talented and sensative boy. Hearing that he has been a part of a suicide was terrable for him. On the tapes, it is clearly stated that everyone who gets them (There is a story for each person) MUST listen to every tape, even if it isn't about them.

Little by little we wait at the edge of our seats for Clays story, as he runs all around the town, stopping at most of the places Hannah mentions, and trying to understand what it felt like for her.

Tragic, heart renching and with a devestatingly happy ending, Jay Asher's novel 13 Reasons Why will take you into the lives of Clay and Hannah as they both try to understand why she killed herself.