Thirteen Reasons Why

by Jay Asher
Scott County Library, hardcover, 288 pages
genre: YA coming-of-age / suicide

I finally read this (from the public library, since my copy is *always* checked out) before meeting the author last Wednesday evening at Ridgedale Library. I didn't love the book, but think it would make a great discussion book. It was extremely interesting to meet the author. He is a wonderful presenter! I am also encouraged by the response this book is getting from its target audience. For me, Hannah was too hard to understand . . . the "reasons" didn't make sense to me. I think this would have resonated with me much more as a teenager. Very, very cool to meet the author.