The Lovely Bones: Comparison Of Book And Movie

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In the book and movie “The Lovely Bones” a girl named Susie gets murdered by one of her neighbors in the cornfield. When Susie’s parents go to find her she cannot be found but they do find her hat and a lot of blood. Susie’s parents never find her killer but her dad tries very hard and then he gets some suspicion. There are many differences in the book and the movie. One of the things that are alike is that Susie’s family starts to fall apart. But, in the book, Sausies(sp) mom(,) Abigail(,) has an affair with the detective. Lindsey snuck in to Mr(.) Harvey(')s house and started looking for evidence and looks in the floor and gets his book he planned everything in(r/o). One thing that has the some is Jack(,) Susie(')s dad(,) gets beat with

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