Jay Asher's future as a young adult writer looked pretty good with his first novel, Thirteen Reasons Why. The story of Hannah Baker is told through the cassette tapes she leaves behind after committing suicide. Find out more information on this novel on the following site: http://www.thirteenreasonswhy.com/You can also check out Jay Asher's blog for book covers from other countries: http://jayasher.blogspot.com/
Asher recently decided to write his second novel, The Future of Us, with Carolyn Mackler. This story takes place in 1996 before the invention of Facebook. Emma and Josh somehow get connected to Facebook in which they see into their future. If you could see into your future would you attempt to change it or keep it the same? That is the decision that Emma and Josh must make.
The future of Jay Asher continues to look promising.
I do agree that the characters could have been stronger, but I think that this would probably be a hit with teens because it's just *so* culturally relevant. As 90's kids, we could definitely relate to the AOL part of the novel, whereas for a younger teen, the reference could just go through way over their heads. I think the audience is quite narrow for this one, but I still thought it was a fun read overall. :)
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