About me: Check out my blog, The Disco Mermaids, for info on my day-to-day writing existense. It also includes a photo-essay of what I did when I found out about the sale of Thirteen Reasons Why.
S'more info can be found at Razorbill Books (my publisher), and Class of 2k7 (a co-op of 38 debut teen and middle-grade novelists).
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The rules are pretty simple. There are only two. Rule number one: You listen. Number two: You pass it on. Hopefully, neither one will be easy for you. (from Cassette 1: Side A)
Hannah Baker records the defining moments of the past few years of her life onto seven audiotapes. Thirteen stories involving several people at her school. She packs the tapes into a shoebox and mails them to the first person on the list. Then, she goes home to kill herself.
Two weeks later, Clay Jensen comes home from school to find a box with no return address leaning against his front door. Inside are seven audiotapes, their sides labeled 1 through 13 in blue nail polish. He has no idea what’s on the tapes, which is kind of exciting…until he presses play.
With Hannah’s voice as his narrator, Clay spends the rest of the night wandering through town, visiting places mentioned on the tapes, unearthing the thirteen reasons why Hannah chose to kill herself.
And one reason belongs to him.
Blurb from Sherman Alexie
:Thirteen Reasons Why is a mystery, eulogy, and ceremony. Twenty or thirty times, I snapped the book shut when a sentence, an image, or line of dialogue was too beautiful and painful. But I, afraid and curious, would always return to this amazing book. I know, in the years to come, I will often return to this book.
Blurb from Ellen Hopkins: Every once in awhile you come across a book that you can't get out of your mind, one you have to rush back to if you must put it down for some reason. Jay Asher's Thirteen Reasons Why is one of those books, and is at the very top of my personal "Must-Read" list.
Blurb from Chris Crutcher:Very clever premise, strong voice, perfect suspense. This one will keep you reading. Jay Asher is a fine storyteller.
Blurb from Gordon Korman: A spectacular first novel. Jay Asher tells his story with such honesty and simplicity that the tragedy feels shatteringly real.
from Kirkus Reviews (starred review & Editor's Choice): A brilliant and mesmerizing debut from a gifted new author.
New York Times Best Seller
Publishers Weekly Best Seller
California Book Award Winner
Best Books for Young Adults (YALSA)
Quick Picks for Reluctant YA Readers (YALSA)
Selected Audiobooks for Young Adults (YALSA)
Borders Original Voices finalist
Barnes & Noble - Top 10 Best for Teens
Book Sense Pick - Winter
Chicago Public Library Best Books
Association of Booksellers for Children - Best Books
Foreign Rights Sold: France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Korea
Who I'd like to meet: readers, writers, booksellers, and library people
i'm a senior in highschool, and reading isn't a big part of my life. i picked up your book from my teachers desk and read the back. bought it the next day and finished it in 4 days. it kept me hooked, even with having A.D.D. I have let a few of my friends barrow it and read it, and get the same response.
This book was breathtaking. It really touched me. I'm in Nancy Hurd's children's literature class at cuesta this semester and she is constantly talking about you and your book, It took me five hours today to read this being that i wasn't able to put it down. :) thank you.
Hey just wanted to say again how amazing your 13 reasons why book was and i was wonderin if i should be lookin for a new book any time soon???? i hope so,your an AMAZING author
Happy Birthday!! We still love your book here at Charleston Collegiate and John's Island Regional Library! Our copy is always checked out. Miss Donna wishes she could see you in Charlotte in a few weeks! Come back to the East Coast soon!
So, I just got my copy of 13 Reasons Why back from my friends. I have been loaning it out like crazy.I feel that this book has an indescribably important message (or layers of messages really) and everyone should read it.
Anyways, I read it again today and just wanted to say thank you for such a wonderfully real, lovely, and breathtakingly painful read. I can definitely say that this is one book that will always stick with me.
Hi!!! Thanks for the add! And thanks for making my first SCBWI Gala party experience a great one! Our Elvis and ladybug picture came out a bit crooked and I look like I had one too many, but YOU looked great! :D
i just wanted you to know that i loved 13 reasons why. i've read it multiple times. also, i liked it so much that i bought it once.. then my dog got a hold of it.. so i bought it AGAIN.
Thanks for the add!! Read your book in no time and immediately started lending it out to friends and caused such a buzz about this awesome book 13 Reasons Why!! What are you working on now? Can't wait to by more!!!
Thanks for the add!! Read your book in no time and immediately started lending it out to friends and caused such a buzz about this awesome book 13 Reasons Why!! What are you working on now? Can't wait to by more!!!
