Th1rteen r3asons why

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The work Th1rteen r3asons why represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in LaGrange County Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

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Label

Th1rteen r3asons why

Statement of responsibility

a novel by Jay Asher

Title variation

• Thirteen reasons why
• 13 reasons why

Creator

• trueAsher, Jay, 1975-
• Asher, Jay

Subject

• trueEmotions in teenagers
• trueRape
• trueRealistic fiction
• trueTeenage boys
• trueBooks for reluctant readers
• Schools -- Fiction
• trueSuicide, non-fictional
• trueGuilt
• trueBooks to TV
• trueInterpersonal relations
• Interpersonal relations -- Fiction
• trueSchools
• trueHigh schools
• trueTapes
• trueFirst person narratives
• trueMultiple perspectives
• Suicide -- Fiction
• trueSuicide victims
• High schools -- Fiction

Genre

• Fiction
• trueBooks to TV
• trueMultiple perspectives
• trueRealistic fiction
• trueFirst person narratives
• trueBooks for reluctant readers

Language

eng

Summary

When high school student Clay Jenkins receives a box in the mail containing thirteen cassette tapes recorded by his classmate Hannah, who committed suicide, he spends a bewildering and heartbreaking night crisscrossing their town, listening to Hannah's voice recounting the events leading up to her death

Theme

• trueDealing with suicide
• true24 hour stories

Storyline

• trueCharacter-driven

Tone

• trueSerious
• trueEmotionally intense

Writing style

• trueLyrical

Award

• Abraham Lincoln Illinois High School Book Award, 2013.
• Delaware Diamonds (book award), High School, 2011.
• Garden State Teen Book Award (New Jersey), Fiction (Grades 9-12), 2010.
• Gateway Readers Award (Missouri), 2010.
• Heartland Award, 2009.
• Iowa High School Book Award, 2012.
• Kentucky Bluegrass Award for Grades 9-12, 2009.
• Sequoyah Book Awards (Oklahoma), High School Books, 2010.
• South Carolina Book Award, Young Adult Books, 2010.
• YALSA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults, 2012
• YALSA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers, 2008
• YALSA Best Books for Young Adults, 2008

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

[Fic]

Index

no index present

Intended audience

HL 550

Intended audience source

Lexile

LC call number

PZ7.A8155

LC item number

Th 2008

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile

550

Literary form

fiction

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel

• 7
• 12

Target audience

adolescent