Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Just dug into Thirteen Reasons Why, which was recommended to me by a middle school teacher. I am about halfway through and am pretty hooked. It's definitely a quick read, great high school stuff. By Jay Asher, the plot focuses on a high school boy who receives a set of cassette tapes in the mail that were made by a girl who committed suicide two weeks ago. He has to listen to them and then pass them on. Each side of a tape focuses on one person whose choices in some way effected the life of the dead girl. So far, she seems fairly angry and bitter, so I'm hoping that this doesn't lead to a "blame everyone else" story, but it came highly recommended. Very realistic in dealing with high school issues.