The Lovely Bones: Links and Displays

 I have just started reading The Lovely Bones, written by Alice Sebold. So far, it is a very good book. Susie Salmon, is the main character in the book. One night on her way home from school, she was stopped by her neighbor, Mr. Harvey. Mr. Harvey insisted on showing her a little hang- out place that he had built. Since they were neighbors, and Susie's parents had talked to Mr. Harvey before, she followed him. He had dug up a hole in the ground, that was the size of a little room. "It was awkward to get into, that much he admitted once we were both inside the hole. But I was so amazed by how he had made a chimney that would draw smoke out if he ever chose to build a fire that the awkwardness of getting in and out of the hole wasn't even on my mind. You could add to that that escape wasn't a concept I had any real experience with" (Sebold 9). 

Mr. Harvey showing Susie his "clubhouse"



 

When Susie entered the underground hole, Mr. Harvey talked to her for a while, and offered her a coke, and said he had built this as a neighborhood clubhouse. Out of no where, Mr. Harvey grabbed a knife, and killed Susie. That night, Mr. Salmon called the police to report that Susie was missing. "He gave the police my blood type, had to describe the lightness of my skin. They asked him if I had any identifying features" (Sebold 20). When Susie was killed, she went to heaven.


Susie in heaven


Almost everything she wished for she got, except to live again. Susie has a best friend, who also is her roommate, named Holly. Holly and Susie have an intake counselor named Franny. "We had been given, in our heavens, our simplest dreams" (Sebold 18). From Susie's heaven, she can see everything that is happening on Earth. She experiences the grief that her family has to go through, and the long process it takes for the police to find her killer.


Holly and Susie

The Lovely Bones: Movie Trailer

 

 

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Book Reviews

This link leads to multiple reviews about The Lovely Bones. This website also includes a synopsis of the book, along with a couple of excerpts from the book.