Imagine finding a package at your door one day. Now, normally this wouldn't be a big deal, right? Well, unfortunately for a high school student named Clay Jensen, he's no ordinary package. The package Clay finds is simply marked with his name "Clay". Seeing the box, Clay notices that it has been tossed around as if several others had handled it. What he finds in the box is very interesting; it is a box filled with thirteen cassettes, marked with the numbers one to thirteen. Clay is intrigued by the old cassettes, so he goes to his garage where his father keeps a dirty, paint-splattered radio. He starts with the first tape and immediately hears a familiar voice, his crush Hannah Baker. Normally when Clay hears Hannah his heart beats fast, but this time his heart beats for a different reason... Hannah Baker is dead. Yes, that's true; Hannah had committed suicide weeks earlier, but had made tapes for the Thirteen People who forced her to commit suicide. Of course after hearing this, Clay turns white with fear as the color drains from him. As she listens, Hannah informs her listeners that each tape contains the story behind each person. At this point, you may be wondering why the first person through Clay bothered passing on the tapes. You would think they would get rid of the tapes, but Hannah had guessed as much. To fully convey his message, he had left a separate box of tapes with a fourteenth person, who would publicly release the tapes if the original package did not arrive. Moving forward in the book, this person's name is Tony, a neighborhood car fanatic. Clay examines each tape, listening carefully to every word. The first tape was for Justin Foley, Hannah's first kiss, who, after... middle of paper... finishing the book, I noticed the recurring theme of "Treat others as you would like to be treated." It's a very cliché theme, but for this story it fits perfectly. Hannah Baker in her tapes constantly blamed people for how they treated her, people like Justin Foley, Alex Standall, Jessica Davis, Courtney Crimson, Zach Dempsey, Ryan Shaver and Mr. Porter. The numerous examples clearly show the reader that your actions, whether they seem big or not, can seriously affect those around you, negatively or positively. Overall, I enjoyed reading Jay Asher's book for its many underlying meanings and sense of images throughout the book. . I know I've ruined a lot of the book, however my summary doesn't even begin to significantly showcase Asher's work. As summer approaches and school passes, I hope to see more books that show the same meaning as Thirteen Reasons Why.