Summary Of The Lovely Bones By Alice Sebold

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This fiction and mystery book called “The Lovely Bones” by Alice Sebold, with the protagonist Susie is a young girl living life and was a very happy person but then she is brutally murdered by the antagonist Mr. Harvey the neighbor who lived next door to the Salmon family. The setting is in her hometown living with her mom, dad, sister, and brother. They all want to find out where Susie went.
The problem in the story is that Susie is missing and no one knows where she is. They can't seem to find her family. They don't know how killed their daughter. Everyone is at easy it takes a long time for them to figure out who killed Susie. This is a sad story but I think it got a good ending. Everyone one got what they deserved. It was a very entertaining

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