The Resource The lovely bones : a novel, Alice Sebold
The lovely bones : a novel, Alice Sebold
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The item The lovely bones : a novel, Alice Sebold represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Indiana State Library.
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- Summary
- This is the tale of family, memory, love, and living told by 14-year-old Susie Salmon, who is already in heaven. Through the voice of a precocious teenage girl, Susie relates the awful events of her death and builds out of her family's grief a hopeful and joyful story
- Language
- eng
- Label
- The lovely bones : a novel
- Title
- The lovely bones
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Alice Sebold
- Subject
-
- trueLiterary fiction
- First person narrative
- Domestic fiction
- trueCrimes against teenage girls
- Psychological fiction
- Psychological fiction
- Murder victims' families
- trueLife after death
- Psychological fiction
- trueLoss (Psychology)
- trueRape victims
- trueAdult books for young adults
- Fiction
- Teenage girls -- Crimes against -- Fiction
- truePsychological fiction
- Domestic fiction
- trueSpirits
- trueMurder victims
- Murder victims' families -- Fiction
- trueHeaven
- trueTeenage girl murder victims
- trueGrief
- Teenage girls -- Crimes against
- trueFamilies of murder victims
- trueBooks to movies
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- This is the tale of family, memory, love, and living told by 14-year-old Susie Salmon, who is already in heaven. Through the voice of a precocious teenage girl, Susie relates the awful events of her death and builds out of her family's grief a hopeful and joyful story
- Summary
- Looking down from heaven, 14-year-old Susie Salmon recounts her rape and murder and watches her family as they cope with their grief and "the lovely bones" growing around her absence
- Award
-
- Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel, 2002.
- Booklist Editors' Choice: Adult Books for Young Adults, 2002.
- Book Sense Book of the Year Adult Fiction, 2003.
- British Book Award for the Richard & Judy Best Read of the Year, 2004.
- Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award (Rosie Award), 2005.
- Gateway Readers Award (Missouri), 2005.
- Iowa High School Book Award, 2005.
- Kentucky Bluegrass Award for Grades 9-12, 2004.
- New York Times Notable Book, 2002
- School Library Journal Best Books: Best Adult Books 4 Teens, 2002.
- South Carolina Book Award, Young Adult Books, 2005.
- YALSA Best Books for Young Adults, 2003
- YALSA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults, 2015.
- Great American Read, 2018.
- Awards note
- Eliot Rosewater Award, 2004-05.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 068738
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- Dewey number
- 813/.6
- Index
- no index present
- Intended audience
- 890
- Intended audience source
- Lexile
- LC call number
- PS3619.E26
- LC item number
- L68 2002
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile
- 890
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The lovely bones : a novel, Alice Sebold
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 19577718
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 328 pages
- Isbn
- 9780316666343
- Lccn
- 2001050622
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Specific material designation
- regular print
- System control number
- (OCoLC)ocm48495099
- Label
- The lovely bones : a novel, Alice Sebold
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 19577718
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 328 pages
- Isbn
- 9780316666343
- Lccn
- 2001050622
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Specific material designation
- regular print
- System control number
- (OCoLC)ocm48495099
Subject
- trueAdult books for young adults
- trueBooks to movies
- trueCrimes against teenage girls
- Domestic fiction
- Domestic fiction
- trueFamilies of murder victims
- Fiction
- First person narrative
- trueGrief
- trueHeaven
- trueLife after death
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueLoss (Psychology)
- trueMurder victims
- Murder victims' families
- Murder victims' families -- Fiction
- Psychological fiction
- Psychological fiction
- Psychological fiction
- truePsychological fiction
- trueRape victims
- trueSpirits
- trueTeenage girl murder victims
- Teenage girls -- Crimes against
- Teenage girls -- Crimes against -- Fiction
Genre
- trueAdult books for young adults
- trueBooks to movies
- trueDomestic fiction
- Fiction
- First person narrative
- trueLiterary fiction
- truePsychological fiction
Included in
- trueBooklist Editors' Choice - Adult Fiction for Young Adults: 2002
- trueBram Stoker Awards: Best First Novel
- trueBritish Book Awards (the Nibbies): Richard & Judy Best Read of the Year (2004-2009)
- trueEliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award (Rosie Award)
- trueGateway Readers Award (Missouri)
- trueGreat American Read 2018
- trueIndies' Choice Book Awards: Adult Fiction
- trueIowa Association of School Librarians Book Awards: Iowa High School Book Award
- trueKentucky Bluegrass Award: Grades 9-12
- trueNew York Times Notable Books - Fiction and Poetry: 2002
- trueSchool Library Journal's Adult Books for High School Students: 2002
- trueSouth Carolina Book Awards: Young Adult Books
- trueYALSA Best Books for Young Adults: 2003
- trueYALSA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults: Book to Movie: Ripped From the Pages (2015)
Tone Tone is the feeling that a book evokes in the reader. In many cases, this category best answers the question, "What are you in the mood for?"
Writing style Writing style terms tell us how a book is written, from the complexity of the language to the level of the detail in the background.
Character Only applied to fiction books, character appeal is especially for those readers who love books *because* of the characters.
- Award
- Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel, 2002.
- Award
- Booklist Editors' Choice: Adult Books for Young Adults, 2002.
- Award
- Book Sense Book of the Year Adult Fiction, 2003.
- Award
- British Book Award for the Richard & Judy Best Read of the Year, 2004.
- Award
- Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award (Rosie Award), 2005.
- Award
- Gateway Readers Award (Missouri), 2005.
- Award
- Iowa High School Book Award, 2005.
- Award
- Kentucky Bluegrass Award for Grades 9-12, 2004.
- Award
- New York Times Notable Book, 2002
- Award
- School Library Journal Best Books: Best Adult Books 4 Teens, 2002.
- Award
- South Carolina Book Award, Young Adult Books, 2005.
- Award
- YALSA Best Books for Young Adults, 2003
- Award
- YALSA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults, 2015.
- Award
- Great American Read, 2018.
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