The lovely Bones (150-275)

So far Susie is dead and the murder is George Harvey and no one else does. They are trying to solve the mystery.
Summary
Buckley is Susie’s younger brother who has a friend named Nate. Buckley later on tells Nate that he sees Susie whenever he looks up to heaven. Mr. Harvey had a bad childhood when he was a kid, his mother who he had a close relationship with left the family and he was alone with his father. It is time for Susie’s funeral. Grandma Lynn is with the family and she teaches the Lindsey how to wear make-up since she is the only one that Lindsey wants to talk to, later on Lindsey tells her that she has a boyfriend. Mr. Harvey attends the funeral but he leaves unnoticed. Ruth Conner, the poet is the only person that Susie talks to; she said that she can feel Susie around which is true. Lindsey finally admits to Ruth that she misses Susie, “More than anyone will ever know” (Sebold 137).
Susie is not the only one that Mr. Harvey had murdered. There was a young girl named Claire and he tried to kill her before but she kept on crying and people came to her rescue. Mr. Harvey used to kill animals, and then he began to kill humans. He tried to stop but couldn’t. In Lindsey’s school there used to be a competition every year and this year it was changed to “How to Commit the Perfect Murder” and Lindsey is not happy with it. Len the Policeman stopped the investigation on the killing of Susie but Jack still think that it is Mr. Harvey who is the killer. Abigail seems interested in Len. Jack goes out to the cornfield to kill Mr. Harvey, he takes a bat as a weapon and he hits Clarissa and boyfriend who then called the police on him. In the Hospital Abigail and Len the policeman began to flirt and kiss. The book later on tells that Abigail needed someone to let out her dead daughter out and Len was the person she chose.
Grandma Lynn comes home and She notices Abigail Strangeness, although Jack does not pay attention to Abigail which many people would conclude was the reason that she later went on to commit adultery. Lynn noticed her behavior and they went for a walk together. While walking, Lynn tells her daughter to stop having an affair and Abigail denies it. Also Grandma Lynn believes that Harvey is the killer.
Jack believing that his theory about Mr. Harvey killing his daughter, he does not give up and when Lindsey asked him who he taught the killer was he told her. The next day, while jogging with the boy’s soccer team, Lindsey skipped practice and broke into Mr. Harvey’s house and stole one of his drawings. He saw her but it was too late before he could do anything.
Quotes
“Lonely I though on earth as it is in heaven” (Sebold 140).
“My humor buried my acceptance” (Sebold 191).
Reaction
The first quote is Susie’s though while she is in heaven. She misses her friends and family and feels alone in heaven. The heaven that she is in is not what she expected. It is not bad but at the same time she is not comfortable. It’s like her soul is not at peace. She is watching down on her family and they are depressed and so is she. The other quote was made by Grandma Lynn when she noticed that Abigail was having an affair with someone. She begins to tell her about her own life. Her husband also cheated oh her and she use her humor not to show that she is worried. These are good quotes because it explains what is going in the book. The quotes give you a foundation of the summary of the book.