The Lovely Bones -- Alice Sebold, Paperback

My name was Salmon, like the fish; first name, Susie. I was fourteen when I was murdered on December 6, 1973.

So begins the story of Susie Salmon, who is adjusting to her new home in heaven, a place that is not at all what she expected, even as she is watching life on earth continue without her -- her friends trading rumors about her disappearance, her killer trying to cover his tracks, her grief-stricken family unraveling. Out of unspeakable tragedy and loss, The Lovely Bones succeeds, miraculously, in building a tale filled with hope, humor, suspense, even joy.

Author: Alice Sebold
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Published: 04/20/2004
Pages: 368
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.50w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780316168816

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6
Point Value: 16
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 66874 / Lovely Bones

Award: Delaware Diamonds Award - Nominee

Review Citation(s):
BookPage 05/01/2004 pg. 18
Newsweek 04/05/2010 pg. 56

About the Author
Alice Sebold is the bestselling author of The Lovely Bones, The Almost Moon, and Lucky a memoir. She lives in California with her husband, the novelist Glen David Gold.