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Description
Clay Jensen returns home from school to find a mysterious box with his name on it lying on his porch. Inside he discovers cassette tapes recorded by Hannah Baker--his classmate and crush--who committed suicide two weeks earlier. On tape, Hannah explains that there are thirteen reasons why... read more
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Summary
This book starts off with Clay Jensen receiving a box on his doorstep. He soon finds out that inside that box, are tapes. Once he listens to them he hears Hannah Baker's voice. Hannah had committed suicide. She is gone. Clay wonders why he has these tapes. He later realizes these tapes are... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
Cast of Characters/Important People
- Hannah Baker: Hannah Baker taped 13 reasons why she died before she took a handfull of pills and commited suicide.
- Clay Jensen: Clay receives Hannah's tapes and the book is written as Clay is listening to her tapes. Clay had a silent crush on Hannah when she is alive and he learns about who she really was and what really happened to her in high school through her tapes. He also learns a lot about his classmates, and some of those things are things he never wanted to know.
Memorable Quotes
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“"Like driving along a bumpy road and losing control of the steering wheel,tossing you--just a tad--off the road. The wheels kick up some dirt, but you're able to pull it back. Yet no matter how hard you try to drive straight, something keeps jerking you to the side. You have so little control over anything anymore. And at some point, the struggle becomes too much--too tiring--and you consider letting go. Allowing tragedy... or whatever... to happen."”
Hannah Baker -
“"You don’t know what goes on in anyone’s life but your own. And when you mess with one part of a person’s life, you’re not messing with just that part. Unfortunately, you can’t be that precise and selective. When you mess with one part of a person’s life, you’re messing with their entire life. Everything. . . affects everything”
Hannah Baker -
“"No one knows for certain how much impact they have on the lives of other people. Oftentimes, we have no clue. Yet we push it just the same."”
Hannah Baker -
“"Sometimes we have thoughts that even we don't understand. Thoughts that aren't even true—that aren't really how we feel—but they're running through our heads anyway because they're interesting to think about."”
Hannah Baker
First Sentence
"Sir?" she repeats. "How soon do you want it to get there?"
Table of Contents
Yesterday: 1 hour after school
Cassette 1: Side A
Cassette 1: Side B
Cassette 2: Side A
Cassette 2: Side B
Cassette 3: Side A
Cassette 3: Side B
Cassette 4: Side A
Cassette 4: Side B
Cassette 5: Side A
Cassette 5: Side B
Cassette 6: Side A
Cassette 6: Side B
Cassette 7: Side A
The Next Day: After Mailing the Tapes
Authors & Contributors
- Jay Asher (Author)
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