Is The Lovely Bones book appropriate for a 13 year old?

Must-Read Book for Ages 13 & Up Depending on maturity, this book could be appropriate for teenagers 13 & up. This book does discuss graphic situations such as sex, rape, and murder.

How long does it take to read The Lovely Bones?

6 hours and 8 minutes
The average reader will spend 6 hours and 8 minutes reading this book at 250 WPM (words per minute).

How was Susie Salmon murdered in the book?

When Susie leaves Earth, she touches Ruth Connors, a school friend, and Ruth becomes obsessed with her. Mr. Harvey collapses the underground room where he raped and killed Susie. Then he puts her “body parts” (4.1) in a bag, which he puts in his garage, while he goes up for a shower.

Is The Lovely Bones book sad?

A very well written story of a young girl who is murdered and tells her story from ‘her heaven’. It’s a sad book to read but some great characters who you really get to know. Shows just how much grief involves many people around the person, and how everyone deals with it in different ways.

How scary is The Lovely Bones?

Although it mercifully spares us some of the more gruesome details found in the novel, it is much too frightening and disturbing for young teens or younger children.

Was The Lovely Bones a true story?

Yes — kind of. The afterlife storyline, in which Susie watches her family from purgatory, is not real. But the original author of the book, Alice Sebold, stated that the story was partially based on a real rape and murder of a young girl in Norristown, Pennsylvania, who was kidnapped from her parents in the 1970s.

Is Susie Salmon real story?

What did Harvey do to Susie?

On December 6, 1973, he lures his 14-year-old neighbor Susie Salmon into an underground “clubhouse” he had built in the woods near his house, and rapes and murders her once she is in his power. He then dismembers her body, puts her remains in a safe and dumps them in a landfill.

Can a 12 year old Watch The Lovely Bones?

Is Susie Salmon a true story?