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The Lovely Bones By:Alice Sebold "My name was Salmon, like the fish: first name, Susie." So begins the story of Susie Salmon, she was a regular 14 year-old girl. Ray Singh was Susie's first kiss, not only was he her first kiss, but also the first person Detective Len Fennerman thought of on December 6, 1973 the day she was murdered. Her family was left devastated, wondering who could ever commit such a horrific and gruesome crime to such a young girl. The day started out normal for Susie, on her way home from school her neighbor Mr. George Harvey, had stopped her. She had consistently told him her parents had expected her home way before now and she had go. Mr. Harvey insisted that she come to check on the cool new hide out he had built for the neighborhood kids. She agreed to only stay a minute, but then before she knew it the cornfield behind her house, would then be turned into her murder scene. Little did George Harvey suspect the no matter how hard he tried to cover his tracks, her grief-stricken family would unravel each clue he left behind.

"The lust of a strange and the curiousity of a child will lead to the destruction and resconstruction of relationships."  "I could do nothing, but watch everyone I loved on Earth." "killed by an icicle, the perfect weapon."

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"A stunning achievement." -The New Yorker "A triumphant novel...It's a knockout." - Lev Grossman. Time "This is a high-wire act for a first novelist, and Alice Sebold maintains almost perfect balance", wrote Katherine Bouton- The New York Times 


 * Quotes**

I chose the quote "killed by an icicle, the perfect weapon", because in the beginning of the book they focus a lot on the number of potential weapons used to kill. When you kill someone with a knife it drips blood everywhere, you can wash it, but the blood and handprints will still be there. When you shoot and murder someone with a gun, the bullet, and the records of when and where you got the gun can be easily found. An icicle, a man made killing device, is one of the best. Perfect when you need it, sharp and pains deep. When your finished though, all evidence is melted and evaporated away.

I chose the quote," The lust of a strange and the curiosity of a child will lead to the destruction and reconstruction of relationships." because while I was reading I thought to myself the entire time that maybe if Susie hadn't went to see Mr. Harvey's cool new hide out, then maybe she would still be alive. Also I think if Mr. Harvey wasn't so eager to kill so many people it would've helped. I believe that curiosity killed the cat, and it also may have had something to do with Susie's mysterious death.

I chose the quote "I could do nothing, but watch everyone I loved on Earth.", because all Susie could talk about was how she watched over everyone on earth, as she could do nothing else but watch from up above in heaven. This quote is mainly what Susie did throughout the book. She tried communicating with everyone whom she loved on earth from heaven. Even though heaven was wonderful she missed her loved ones on earth so she looked after them from heaven helping her dad in whatever way she could.


 * Video**

I chose the music video, "can you hear me when I talk to you?", because Susie was continuously trying to communicate with people on Earth from heaven. She tried to talk to Buckley, her brother, and she also tried to talk to her father. She tried to tell him that Mr. Harvey was responsible from her murder, and he would strike again. Since the book focuses so much on her attempts to communicate from heaven, I felt that this song was very significant to the book, and it was important to share with everyone.


 * Pictures**

I chose a picture of the "Stairway to Heaven", because while Susie was being murdered her spirit was leaving her body and taking the stairway to heaven. She was going to her very own place in heaven. Susie was specific that everyone has their own version of heaven, the shot putters and long jumpers have they're own heaven and so does she. It's perfect to her, so I chose this because I thought it showed an important part of the book.

I chose the picture of a little girl's grave because when an elderly person dies it doesn't affect you as much as when a younger person dies. When a younger person dies, you can't help but think who that person was going be when they got older. They had so much life left to live. When an older person dies you just think about what kind of life they lived and all the experiences they had. Everyone close to Susie loved her, misses her, and wished that they could've seen Susie grown up. That's why I chose a picture of a young girl's grave.