JAY ASHER reading levels

13 REASONS WHY is one of the best selling Paperbacks of 2012 according to the New York Times.

bookcover of 13 REASONS WHY13 REASONS WHY
by Jay Asher

Clay Jensen finds a box filled with cassettes on his porch when he gets home from school.  As soon as he begins listening to them he recognizes the voice of Hannah Baker, a fellow student who two weeks earlier committed suicide.

Hannah tells Clay that there were 13 reasons why she ended her life, and he is one of them.  Clay ends up criss-crossing his town with Hanna as his guide.  And he learns more than he wanted to know about himself and his schoolmates. 

The plot contains mild profanity and sexual references.

Word Count: 62,496
Page Count: 336
Accelerated Reading level: 3.9 / points: 9.0
AR quiz: 119218
Lexile: 550L


bookcover of FUTURE OF US  by Jay Asher and Carolyn MacklerFUTURE OF US
by Jay Asher and Carolyn Mackler

Imagine that it's 1996 and your long friendship with your neighbor and best friend is nearing an end.  

Now imagine that you install one of those free AOL CDs that come in the mail, and you suddenly find your Facebook account -- 15 years in the future.  

That's what happens to Josh and Emma.  Question is, will this information help them to change the future neither of them want?
The plot contains mild profanity and sexual references.

Word Count: 66,931
Page Count:  366
Accelerated Reading level: 4.4 / points: 10.0
AR quiz: 148252