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 and loss, The Lovely Bones succeeds, miraculously, in building a tale filled with hope, humor, suspense, even joy.

Author: Alice Sebold
Publisher: Little Brown and Company
Published: 07/03/2002
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.98lbs
Size: 8.52h x 5.89w x 1.12d
ISBN: 9780316666343

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


Award: Colorado Blue Spruce Award - Nominee
Award: Bram Stoker Awards - Winner
Award: Tayshas Reading - Commended
Award: Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award - Winner
Award: Book Sense Book of the Year Award - Winner
Award: Bram Stoker Awards - Finalist
Award: Buckeye Children's Book Award - Second Place
Award: Kentucky Bluegrass Award - Winner
Award: South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award - Winner


Review Citation(s):
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

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.