The Lovely Bones

The Lovely Bones"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

"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.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Little Brown and Company
Published: 07/03/2002
ISBN: 9780316666343
Pages: 336
Weight: 0.98lbs
Size: 8.52h x 5.89w x 1.12d
Award: Buckeye Children's Book Award - Second Place
Award: South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award - Winner
Award: Kentucky Bluegrass Award - Winner
Award: Tayshas Reading - Commended
Award: Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award - Winner
Award: Colorado Blue Spruce Award - Nominee
Award: Book Sense Book of the Year Award - Winner
Award: Bram Stoker Awards - Finalist
Award: Bram Stoker Awards - Winner

Review Citations: Library Journal Prepub Alert 03/15/2002 pg. 66
Booklist 05/01/2002 pg. 1510
Kirkus Reviews 05/01/2002 pg. 608
Library Journal 05/15/2002 pg. 127
Romantic Times 07/01/2002 pg. 99 - Excellent
Booksense '76 Jul/Aug 2002 07/01/2002 pg. 1
Publishers Weekly 06/17/2002 pg. 40
Vogue 07/01/2002 pg. 110
BookPage 07/01/2002 pg. 12
Time 07/01/2002 pg. 62
New Yorker (The) 07/15/2002 pg. 87
Entertainment Weekly 07/12/2002 pg. 74
New York Times 07/14/2002 pg. 14
People Weekly 07/22/2002 pg. 35
Christian Century 10/09/2002 pg. 20
School Library Journal 10/01/2002 pg. 197
Voice of Youth Advocates 12/01/2002 pg. 391
Booklist 11/15/2002 pg. 576
New York Review of Books 01/16/2003 pg. 4
New York Times 12/08/2002 pg. 63
Booklist Ed Choice Adu Bk YA's 01/01/2003 pg. 795
ALA Best Books Young Adults 03/15/2003 pg. 1297
Library Journal 03/15/2002
Entertainment Weekly 10/26/2007 pg. 19
People Weekly 10/15/2007 pg. 57
Entertainment Weekly 06/27/2008 pg. 102
Entertainment Weekly 02/24/2012 pg. 80

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