The Lovely Bones

Alice Sebold
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On her way home from school on a snowy December day in 1973, 14-year-old Susie Salmon ("like the fish") is lured into a makeshift underground den in a cornfield and brutally raped and murdered, the latest victim of a serial killer--the man she knew as her neighbor, Mr. Harvey.
Genres: FictionMysteryYoung AdultContemporaryFantasyThrillerCrimeBook ClubMystery ThrillerAdult
327 Pages

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