Thirteen Reasons Why

I love this book! As I have been reading through I have gotten more and more invested. It does a really good job of pulling on my emotions. Each time another tape comes on I think it's going to be Clay's tape, and each time it isn't Clay's tape I wonder what he did. It got me thinking, have I ever done anything that I thought was miniscule that would have ended up on someone's tapes. I also question why she left tapes. It just seems strange that she would've left such detailed tapes but not had a funeral. I'm only about halfway through the book so I'm hoping I will find some resolve soon. I think this would be a good book to teach to high school, but I also think it would be very difficult. It would be good because it is a pretty easy read and the content is very real world and real life. It would be hard though, for a number of reasons. There is some language that is questionable, not that I think high school students don't know the language and probably use it, but parents are always a battle when it comes to books like this one. Also, it is a very raw story. I feel like there is no sugarcoating, no sweetening up the story to make it less depressing. I think it would be hard to get students to appreciate the severity of the story. I do think it would be good though because I think it could make students be more conscious of the things that they say. In giving this book a grade I would give it an A. I have really liked the story line, I have appreciated the realness of everything, I have wanted to keep reading it even when I have other pressing homework.