{"id":1144,"date":"2014-10-04T09:00:54","date_gmt":"2014-10-04T16:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/?p=1144"},"modified":"2021-07-06T13:28:06","modified_gmt":"2021-07-06T20:28:06","slug":"thirteen-reasons-why-ya-book-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/2014\/thirteen-reasons-why-ya-book-club\/","title":{"rendered":"Thirteen Reasons Why — YA Book Club"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our September YA Book Club meeting was in celebration of Banned Books Week<\/a>. \u00a0We discussed Jay Asher’s Thirteen Reasons Why<\/em><\/strong>, a powerful novel about high school bullying and suicide. \u00a0The book was released in 2007, and since has been banned from schools for being “unsuitable for the targeted age group,” containing offensive language, sexually explicit text, and “references to suicide, drugs, alcohol, and smoking.” \u00a0Thirteen Reasons Why<\/em> is on the list of top ten frequently challenged books<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This is not to say that these references were deterrents. \u00a0In fact, the teens in attendance found the novel to be especially powerful and resonating with their own experiences at school. \u00a0The bullying aspect stood out the most. \u00a0The main question we mulled\u00a0over was: \u00a0Were there classmates that we unknowingly bullied or ignored?<\/p>\n

Average rating from teens: \u00a04 stars<\/p>\n

Average rating from adults: \u00a02.5 stars<\/p>\n

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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.<\/p>\n

Listen to the first part above.<\/p>\n

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Find the book in our library: Thirteen Reasons Why<\/a><\/p>\n

Find out more about Thirteen Reasons Why: \u00a0http:\/\/www.thirteenreasonswhy.com\/index.html<\/a><\/p>\n

Books about suicide, other recommendations: \u00a0http:\/\/yabookcouncil.com\/thirteen-reasons-why\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Read more about banned books awareness and Thirteen Reasons Why: \u00a0http:\/\/bannedbooks.world.edu\/2014\/01\/26\/banned-books-awareness-thirteen-reasons-why\/<\/a><\/p>\n

To learn more about Banned Books Week, visit: \u00a0http:\/\/www.bannedbooksweek.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Our September YA Book Club meeting was in celebration of Banned Books Week. \u00a0We discussed Jay Asher’s Thirteen Reasons Why, a powerful novel about high school bullying and suicide. \u00a0The book was released in 2007, and since has been banned from schools for being “unsuitable for the targeted age group,” […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[120,54],"tags":[26,49],"class_list":["post-1144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-reviews","category-teen-reviews","tag-banned-books","tag-book-club"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5ZwbD-is","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":200,"url":"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/2013\/banned-books\/","url_meta":{"origin":1144,"position":0},"title":"BANNED BOOKS — BEWARE: you may be subjected to an awesome story","author":"Jane Gov","date":"September 15, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"by Elizabeth Chyn (teen) and Jane Gov (librarian) So you might have noticed a variety of displays cropping up in your local library, bookstore, or school about BANNED BOOKS.\u00a0 You might wonder what does this mean, what are banned books, where have they been banned, and for what reason? \u00a0\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Agendas & News"","block_context":{"text":"Agendas & News","link":"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/category\/agendas-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ala.org\/bbooks\/sites\/ala.org.bbooks\/files\/content\/BBW13_CoverArt.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ala.org\/bbooks\/sites\/ala.org.bbooks\/files\/content\/BBW13_CoverArt.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ala.org\/bbooks\/sites\/ala.org.bbooks\/files\/content\/BBW13_CoverArt.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":5011,"url":"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/2019\/dear-evan-hansen-teen-review\/","url_meta":{"origin":1144,"position":1},"title":"Dear Evan Hansen — Teen Review","author":"Teen Blogger","date":"April 6, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"review by\u00a0Jacob Chon, age 16 Dear Evan Hansen\u00a0by\u00a0Val Emmich with Steve Levenson, Benj Pasek, and Justin Paul \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0It is every teenager\u2019s dream to be popular; but, it\u2019s every teenager\u2019s nightmare for it to unravel. 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