Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher (Book Analysis): Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide

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This engaging summary presents an analysis of Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher, a New York Times-bestselling young adult novel with a difference. The high school student at the heart of the story, Hannah Baker, committed suicide a few weeks before it begins, leaving behind a collection of audio tapes addressed to key figures in her life. It is up to her friend Clay Jensen to listen to the shocking recordings and piece together the reasons for her suicide. Thirteen Reasons Why was a major hit with readers, and has since been adapted into a popular Netflix series. It is Jay Asher’s debut novel; he has since written The Future of Us (with Carolyn Mackler) and What Light.

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• Language: English
• Publisher: BrightSummaries.com
• Release date: Dec 13, 2018
• ISBN: 9782808013796

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AMERICAN NOVELIST

Born in Arcadia, California in 1975.

Notable works:

The Future of Us (2011), novel, co-written with Carolyn Mackler

What Light (2016), novel

Piper (2017), graphic novel, co-written with Jessica Freeburg and illustrated by Jeff Stokely

Jay Asher is an American novelist; his first novel, Thirteen Reasons Why, was published in 2007.

He generally writes for a young adult readership and explores the upheaval and difficulties faced by American teenagers, dealing with themes including bullying at school, suicide, violence, guilt and betrayal. The setting of his fiction is always realistic: his novels are all set in modern-day American high schools, and sometimes feature social media.

Asher is one of the USA’s most popular young adult fiction writers, and Thirteen Reasons Why has topped the prestigious New York Times Best Seller List.

A SHOCKING STORY OF HARASSMENT AND BULLYING AT SCHOOL

Genre: young adult novel

Reference edition: Asher, J. (2011) Thirteen Reasons Why. New York: Razorbill.

1stedition: 2007

Themes: bullying, suicide, guilt, American school system, violence, friendship, betrayal

Thirteen Reasons Why is an American novel which was published in 2007. It is set in the present day in an American high school which has been left reeling by the suicide of one of its pupils, Hannah Baker. Before