The Resource The lovely bones, Alice Sebold
The lovely bones, Alice Sebold
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The item The lovely bones, Alice Sebold represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Indiana State Library.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch. This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
Resource Information
The item The lovely bones, Alice Sebold represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Indiana State Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
- Summary
- Fourteen-year-old Susie Salmon, the victim of a sexual assault and murder, looks on from the afterlife as her family deals with their grief, and waits for her killer to be brought to some type of justice
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Large print ed.
- Extent
- 511 pages (large print)
- Note
- "Thorndike large print basic series"--T.p. verso
- Isbn
- 9780786245970
- Label
- The lovely bones
- Title
- The lovely bones
- Statement of responsibility
- Alice Sebold
- Subject
-
- trueLiterary fiction
- Large type books
- Domestic fiction
- trueCrimes against teenage girls
- Psychological fiction
- trueLife after death
- trueLoss (Psychology)
- trueRape victims
- trueAdult books for young adults
- Teenage girls -- Crimes against -- Fiction
- truePsychological fiction
- trueSpirits
- trueMurder victims
- Murder victims' families -- Fiction
- trueHeaven
- Teenagers -- Fiction
- trueTeenage girl murder victims
- trueGrief
- trueFamilies of murder victims
- trueBooks to movies
- Families -- Fiction
- Girls -- Fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Fourteen-year-old Susie Salmon, the victim of a sexual assault and murder, looks on from the afterlife as her family deals with their grief, and waits for her killer to be brought to some type of justice
- 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.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 068738
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Sebold, Alice
- Dewey number
- 813/.6
- Index
- no index present
- Intended audience
- Adult
- Intended audience source
- Follett Library Resources
- LC call number
- PS3619.E26
- LC item number
- L68 2002b
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile
- 890
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Murder victims' families
- Teenage girls
- Large type books
- Families
- Girls
- Teenagers
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The lovely bones, Alice Sebold
- Note
- "Thorndike large print basic series"--T.p. verso
- 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
- 18177102
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Edition
- Large print ed.
- Extent
- 511 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9780786245970
- Isbn Type
- (lg. print : hc : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2002072768
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
- (LHPL)236611
- Label
- The lovely bones, Alice Sebold
- Note
- "Thorndike large print basic series"--T.p. verso
- 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
- 18177102
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Edition
- Large print ed.
- Extent
- 511 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9780786245970
- Isbn Type
- (lg. print : hc : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2002072768
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
- (LHPL)236611
Subject
- trueAdult books for young adults
- trueBooks to movies
- trueCrimes against teenage girls
- Domestic fiction
- Families -- Fiction
- trueFamilies of murder victims
- Girls -- Fiction
- trueGrief
- trueHeaven
- Large type books
- trueLife after death
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueLoss (Psychology)
- trueMurder victims
- Murder victims' families -- Fiction
- Psychological fiction
- truePsychological fiction
- trueRape victims
- trueSpirits
- trueTeenage girl murder victims
- Teenage girls -- Crimes against -- Fiction
- Teenagers -- Fiction
Genre
- trueAdult books for young adults
- trueBooks to movies
- trueDomestic fiction
- Fiction
- 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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