I just started reading The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold this week. It is a fantasy book. It is about a fourteen- year-old girl named Susie Salmon and she is in heaven. As she looks down at this new strange place, she tells the story of her past life and her death. After her death, she watches how her life goes without her. She sees her school friends spreading rumors of her disappearance, her family hoping that she will be found, and her killer covering up his tracks. In the beginning, Susie explains how her death started. The murderer was Mr. Harvey, a neighbor. He tricked her to come into his cornfield. Then he raped her and she died. It was not that clear of her death. But after death, her family found one of her elbows and some of her school papers. Later, as months pass without finding her, her parents marriage started falling apart, her sister started becoming a stronger person and her baby brother started understanding the meaning of "gone". Through her time in heaven, she discovers that it is just like her school. She starts to meet new friends and counselors. Whenever she wants something, it will be there. But, the thing Susie really wants is to go back to Earth with the people she loves. As time passes by, her father started a risky quest to find the murderer. This is mostly the plot of the story.
I really like reading the book. It is different from most stories because it has a different story plot and it has a different genre that I usually do not read. So, reading fantasy helps me experience a new reading style. It is very interesting how it is a mystery to find the murderer. I can't wait to read more and tell you more in the next blog.
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