The Lovely Bones A Novel
by Alice Sebold
Age band: 18+
Looky Rating System: Violence 5/5, Love & Romance 2/5, Mental Health 4/5, Language 1/5, Substance Use 1/5, Fear / Horror 4/5, Fantasy / Supernatural 3/5, LGBTQ+ Representation 2/5.
Description
When we first meet 14-year-old Susie Salmon, she is already in heaven. This was before milk carton photos and public service announcements, she tells us; back in 1973, when Susie mysteriously disappeared, people still believed these things didn't happen. In the sweet, untroubled voice of a precocious teenage girl, Susie relates the awful events of her death and her own adjustment to the strange new place she finds herself.