The Lovely Bones Book Report

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In the book,"The Lovely Bones", by Alice Sebold, the main character, Susie Salmon was brutally raped and murdered in 1973. She was murdered by her unsuspected neighbor, Mr. Harvey. Susie's spirit watches her family become deviated and in a state of despair from Heaven. In addition, Susie watches over her killer, as he goes though his daily life and falls under the impression for not being the suspect in Susie's disappearance. Susie's father was the only one to believe that Mr. Harvey was her killer. However, he didn't have any evidence to prove his accusation that Mr. Harvey committed his daughter's homicide. As Mr.Harvey goes more and more under suspicion, he decides to go on the run. As Mr. Harvey was on the run, he gets hit by a falling

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