Book Tuesday: Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher

Clay Jensen is a typical teenager, get an anonymous package on the mail. The package is a shoebox full of cassette recorded by Hannah Baker, one of his classmate who recently committed suicide.  The box was sent to Clay by another classmate of his. The cassette started in the hand one student who once had listen to them, would sent them to the following student on a list of thirteen, in a sort of chain letter style.

In the cassettes Hannah explains to thirteen people what role they played in her death and gives each person a reason why she took her life. Hannah also gives a second set of tapes to an unknown person and warns the listeners of the first set of tapes, that if they do not pass the tapes along the unknown person will release the second set to the public.

Each of those thirteen people who listened to the tapes did something that to them was harmless, but to Hannah, each of those acts push her a little closer to suicide. These tapes will serve them as a reminder, that those little things count to the people they least expect.