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Jay Asher

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Born

in Arcadia, California, The United States

Website

http://www.jayasher.blogspot.com/

Genre

Young Adult

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My So-Called Life

Member Since

October 2012

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Jay Asher was born in Arcadia, California on September 30, 1975. He grew up in a family that encouraged all of his interests, from playing the guitar to his writing. He attended Cuesta College right after graduating from high school. It was here where he wrote his first two children’s books for a class called Children’s Literature Appreciation. At this point in his life, he had decided he wanted to become an elementary school teacher. He then transferred to California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo where he left his senior year in order to pursue his career as a serious writer. Throughout his life he worked in various establishments, including as a salesman in a shoe store and in libraries and bookstores. Many of his work e ...more

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Happiness is...100!

(a Peanutized me)

Today marks 100 years since the birth of Charles Schulz, creator of the Peanuts comic strip. Over the years, my love and appreciation for the art Mr. Schulz gave to the world have hopefully been obvious. As a tribute, here are several blog posts I've done that reference my gratefulness for these large-headed kids and the mind that created them:

It Is What They Is - February

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Average rating: 3.82 · 1,109,060 ratings · 69,898 reviews · 23 distinct works • Similar authors

	Thirteen Reasons Why 3.84 avg rating — 1,024,721 ratings — published 2007 — 78 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Future of Us by Jay Asher (Goodreads Author), Carolyn Mackler (Goodreads Author) 3.56 avg rating — 48,664 ratings — published 2011 — 63 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	What Light 3.55 avg rating — 28,181 ratings — published 2016 — 52 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Piper by Jay Asher (Goodreads Author), Jessica Freeburg (Goodreads Author), Jeff Stokely (Illustrator) 3.42 avg rating — 4,078 ratings — published 2017 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sunny Boy: More Than A Family Story 4.02 avg rating — 53 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Christmas in July: Screenplay 3.68 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2019 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tote Mädchen lügen nicht - Literaturseiten 4.38 avg rating — 8 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jumpstart Logic Pro 10.6: Create professional music with Apple’s flagship digital audio workstation app really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	13 Reasons why (Treize raisons - série télé - édition 2025) by Jay Asher (Goodreads Author), Nathalie Peronny (Translator) 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lückenfüller Englisch / ab 1. Lernjahr 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“You don’t know what goes on in anyone’s life but your own. And when you mess with one part of a person’s life, you’re not messing with just that part. Unfortunately, you can’t be that precise and selective. When you mess with one part of a person’s life, you’re messing with their entire life. Everything. . . affects everything.”
― Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why

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“No one knows for certain how much impact they have on the lives of other people. Oftentimes, we have no clue. Yet we push it just the same.”
― Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why

tags: care, impact, life, reach-out, think

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“A lot of you cared, just not enough.”
― Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why

tags: apathy, suicide, tragedy

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Polls

Okay so this is something new that we're going to do. After each group read we are going to have everyone rate the book. Since we have already read four books I will make a poll for each of those now.

Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
If this was one of the group reads you read what did you think? You can leave a comment below too if you would like.

**** Really liked it

7 votes, 38.9%

***** It was amazing

4 votes, 22.2%

** It was okay

4 votes, 22.2%

*** Liked it

3 votes, 16.7%

* Didn't like it

0 votes, 0.0%

18 total votes

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