num_pages: 527
description: A New York Times Bestseller When we first meet Susie Salmon^ she is already in heaven. As she looks down from that strange new place she tells us, in the fresh and spirited voice of a fourteen-year-old, a tale that is both haunting and full of hope. Susie watches life continuing after her brutal her loved ones holding out hope shell be found, her killer covering his tracks. As months pass without leads, she sees her family contorted by loss. With compassion, longing, and a growing understanding, she sees them face the worst -- then, in time, pass through grief and begin to mend.
language: English
title: The Lovely Bones
titlecomplete: The Lovely Bones
characters: Susie Salmon, George Harvey, Holly, Jack Salmon, Buckley Salmon, Clarissa, Abigail Salmon, Lindsey Salmon
genres: Thriller, Adult Fiction, Crime, Young Adult, Fantasy, Adult, Mystery, Mystery Thriller, Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 2298853
places: The United States of America, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania
awards: awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Bram Stoker Award
category: Best First Novel, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Orange Prize
category: Fiction Longlist, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: British Book Award
category: Best Read of the Year, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Book Sense Book of the Year Award
category: Adult Fiction, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: California Book Award
category: First Fiction (Silver), awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: South Carolina Book Award
category: Young Adult Book Award, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Iowa High School Book Award, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Puddly Award
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Lincoln Award, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Gateway Readers Award
publisher: Large Print Press