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Week 1: Chapters 1-4 Assignment 1: Characters  Story takes place in early 70's in P.A.  Susie Salmon, main character who is brutally raped and murdered at 14, by her neighbor, Mr. Harvey. she tells her story from heaven watching everything on earth  Mr. Harvey, The antagonist. He builds a trap, lures the victim in to his man made underground fort, talks to them, pressures them, takes control, rapes them and then kills them, and tosses them into a safe and tosses the safe into the sinkhole, 8 miles from the town.  Lindsey Salmon, Susie's sister, 13, who we learns that she was naturally gifted and therefore made Susie very jealous.  Buckley Salmon, Susie's brother, 4, youngest child  Mr. & Mrs. Salmon, Susie's parents who take the murder very deeply and act in violent ways. Mr. Salmon talks very neighborly and helps Mr. Harvey build things, unknowing what theyre for, or what he's about, but he knows somethings up, and accuses him many times about different things  Detective Fennerman, detecive on the case  Ruth Connor, Susie's classmate  Ray Singh, a boy that Susie has a crush on  Franny, Susie's adult figure in heaven  Holly, Susie's roomate in heaven <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Clarissa, Suzie's best friend, minor roll in the story

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">B. “weak tinkling of bells.” the sound Susie herd when Mr. Harvey was about to kill her. "Detective Fenerman responds with what becomes the family’s mantra for awhile: Nothing is ever certain." This was said when the detective first told Susie's parents about her disappearance. “The line between the living and the dead could be, it seemed, murky and blurred.” Susie didn't think heaven would be so bleak, when she would think of it “What you got in there, a dead body?” Susie's Dad makes a joke to Mr. Harvey when helping him with bags into his house, when really the bag he was carrying was Susie's body.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">C. Questions from all 4 chapters combined <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Why couldn't Susie escape the trap? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">He was in control, she tried fighting back, but she has no sense of self defense <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> How did she find the trap and Mr. harvey? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">she was walking home from school, in a corn field, alone <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> What was Mr. Harvey like? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">he was interested in old fashion things <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> what was Susie's heaven like? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">a teenagers perfect dream filled with dogs and other things that were important to Suzie <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> What was Susie like? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">very curious and trusted the wrong people

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> A & D (Summary) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> We learn in the first 4 chapters about what happened before, during and the few days after the murder. We learn that the victim, Suzie is telling the story from her point of view in her won personal heaven, at only 14 years old. We learn that her murderer is her 36 year old neighbor Mr. Harvey, and that She wasn't his first victim since he was very clever about the things he did. He did leave some clues behind, like her elbow, but they weren't as obvious as they would be if she were killed in present time. As Suzie describes, the first four chapters are the beginning of the end.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> We also learn in these four chapters what Mr. Harvey is like personally and what process he goes through before and after each murder. He is very wise about what he does, and no one suspects anything until the end f the fourth chapter when Mr. Salmon randomly thinks of Suzie. Some people even volunteer to help Mr. Harvey, without even questioning what he might be up to. What will happen next? Keep reading to find out!

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">WEEK 2: Chapters 5-8 <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Assignment 2: Language <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> A. Lovely Bones is an easy read because it is such an interesting and thrilling story that you can just keep reading without worrying how hard it is to read. The text in the book uses a lot of words that i use everyday. We think the reading level of the book is about 9th grade reading level because of all the graphics and violence that is described during the abduction of Susie Salmon in the beginning of the book and from there on.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">B. "a man violent in rage.” : Susie says this as she watches her father search for her in panic, and while this is going on he is becoming a different person because he won't stop until he finds out who killed Susie. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">“You are beautiful, Susie Salmon” : This quote is important in chapter 6 because the person who says this is Ray Singh. The only boy who Susie has had a crush on. It is important because later in the chapter susie gets am anonymous letter thinking it was from him, but it wasn't. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"She was gone for awhile, but now she’s back.": Susie's little brother Buckley says this because he was very close with Susie and still believes that she is just in her room. He needs to believe that she is alive. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">“Had my brother really seen me somehow, or was he merely a little boy telling beautiful lies?” : This was said right after Susie saves her brother from choking on a twig. It is ironic because she is rescuing her brother, while in heaven she can't rescue herself from her pain of her parents misery. She wants to appear for Buckely but that means she has to let me go forever.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">C. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Chapter 4: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">What does Susie Realize about her murder? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">That she is not the only girl that Mr. Harvey has murdered <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Chapter 5: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Why does Susie's dead search for information about his neighbor Mr. Harvey? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">He thinks that he might have been the man who murdered his daughter. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Chapter 6: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">How was Susie's one day being bad, what did she do? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">She climbed the scaffold above the stage with her crush, Ray Singh <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Chapter 7: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Why is everyone trying to hide, that Susie has been murder? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">They don't want to tell the rest of the town that she was murdered. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Chapter 8: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Why is Mr. Harvey like architecture so much, and what is his proudest moment the night he killed Susie? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Growing up both his parents liked to build anything they could in their house and it was this underground "church" that he built, he named it the church because he believed killing her was something sacred.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">D. (Summary)

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Throughout these 4 chapters, Mr. Salmon has pretty much lost himself. He blames himself for not being there when his daughter needed him. He takes it upon himself to make sure Mr. Harvey is taken down. Detective Fennerman goes around the neighbor to ask if anyone knows more about the case. When he knocks on Harvey's door, Harvey lies to every question. When Mr. Salmon notices that the police have done everything and quit, he does some detective work of his own, and even visits Ray's mom for advice. He starts writing notes in a journal. When Christmas comes around, Mr Salmon has to tell Buckley what actually happened to Susie. It is very hard. Also, Samuel Heckler comes and brings Lindsey a present, which sparks a relationship between them. Then we see a flash back to 2 weeks before her death, when she and Ray become closer to each other in the auditorium skipping english and not caring. Then they hear voices. It was the principal, Ruth Connors and her art teacher. Ruth had gotten in trouble for drawing something too explicit in art, and it was copied and distributed numerous times. after they leave, Ruth sits and cries, while Susie comes and comforts her. After this day, Ray and Ruth meet up again and they talk about what happened to Susie, which sparks a small relationship. Now the story is centered on Buckley and Nate playing around and they start talking about Susie. Buckley claims that sometimes he sees Susie, that he feels her presence. This makes Susie feel so happy that she almost faints in heaven. Now the story is centered on Mr. Harvey when he was a child. Susie finds out why Mr. Harvey feels the way he does. When Harvey was young, he and his parents go out for a ride. His parents get into another fight, and his father forces his mother out of the car into the desert, the last time he ever sees his mother.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">WEEK 3: Chapters 9-12 <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Assignment 3: Mood/Tone <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A. The mood and tone of the book right now because Susie is up in heaven still looking down at earth trying to put the pieces together of her family and murder. The overriding emotion in these 5 chapters are just overbearing emotions especially by Susie's father, Jack Salmon. He sorta becomes an alcoholic and manic depressive.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">C. Questions from all 4 chapters combined <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1. What does Grandma Lynn bring back when she arrives to Susie's house? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">She brings the light back into the household, by teaching Lindsey about makeup, talking about boys, and getting drunk. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2. Why didn't Susie like Grandma Lynn? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Grandma does everything bad, she tries to get her granddaughter to use drugs so she can stay thin. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">3. What does Ray Singh do with Susie's photo? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">He puts them it in an indian book where his mother and him used to press flowers because he doesn't want to through away the picture. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> 4. What does this rat project reminds Lindsey? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> It reminds her of Susie's death and its still difficult for her to hear about the trials, that have to be done to them.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">B. “What an odd lie.” this is said, when Susie is watching her parents talk to the Nelson's at the science fair. He tells them that they are doing fine when Susie knows that especially her father has been suffering. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">“It was not so much that she wanted to have sex with women, but that she wanted to disappear inside of them forever. To hide.” Ruth, one of Susie's classmates is writing in her journal when Susie thinks this. She wonders if she is a lesbian or she is just a very closed off person. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">“The room is like a vault,” says Susie, “the chair like a womb, and me standing guard over him.” Susie is watching carefully over her father, as he is struggling to get people to see that Mr. Harvey is her murderer. But no one will listen to him, and Susie is helping him try to make people see that as well. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">“locked away tight into the hard-blessed hours where there was no dead daughter and no gone knee, and where there was also no sweet daughter whispering rhymes.” Susie sees that her father got into a bad motorcycle accident and tries to be with Susie because it is too much for him to live on earth, when know one listens to him

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">D. (Summary) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> These 4 chapters starts out with Mrs. Salmon's mother, Grandma Lynn who, brings light back into the house. She gives a make over to both Abigail and Lindsey. Susie sees that Lindsey shows she is turning into adult, taking upon responsibility. On the morning of Susie's funeral, Grandma Lynn takes out a dress for Lindsey to wear out of Susie's closet, which was actually borrowed from clarissa, who creates attention when she notices it on lindsey at the funeral, but didn't say anything, it wasnt the right place. Ruth is appalled at her make up. Ray stays away from the funeral to say goodbye to her in his own way. Mr harvey goes to the funeral. Lindsey points him out to detective fennerman. when she sees him looking at her, she faints and he slips out. Now the story moves on to the statewide gifted symposiu m the summer after. Lindsey, Samuel and Ruth attend. This is where Ruth and lindsey connect. Now the story moves to Jack. He is walking holiday the dog and he notices that holiday is very different when they walk by harveys house. Jack spends his time reflecting and annoying the police to the point that they refuse to do anything else. later, Jack takes a night walk into the cornfield. unfortunately clarissa is waiting for her boyfriend there. Jack doesnt recognize her and thinking that shes harvey he attacks her, her boyfriend sees this and attacks Jack. Then the story moves to Jack in a hospital room. Abigail and lindsey rush to his side. Abigail calls len to come to the hospital. Abigail starts talking to him about all that has happened to her. She seeks comfort out of him when she kisses him.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">WEEK 4: Chapters 13-16 (+the subchapter in Chapter 16, titled "SnapShots") <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Assignment 4: Themes/Images <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A. Some themes in the book are mystery, confusion, worried, and relief. And some images that are in chapters 13-16 is the cornfield where Susie was murdered and this represents mystery and death. Mr. Harvey's house is also a big image that is seen alot in these chapters. His house represent everything about him and why he likes to kill little girls. Alice Sebold uses these images to try to put us at Susie's point of view from heaven where she sees everything that is going on.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">B. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">“the basic fabric of their day-to-day lives.” susie is watching Jack play outside with Buckely and realizes just by her father playing with his son he is starting to have fun again. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">“blueprint of her grave.” Lindsey broke into mr. Harvey's house to look for clues on Susie's murder when she finds a sketchbook and inside is the layout of place where he killed susie. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"Mr. Harvey’s capture begins to diminish just as the end of her family ignites.” Mr. Harvey lies to the police about why he had drew the blueprint of the cornfield and when things were looking up for the Salmons, Mr. Harvey brings them back a couple of steps. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">“little girl lost . . . and a letter from the past never reopened or reread.” Susie is thinking this as she watches her friends have a memorial service in her honor. She is happy that this happening and that she is ready to finally let go of her friends and say goodbye.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">C. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Chapter 13: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1. Were does Mr.Harvey apologizes and why? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> He apologizes in his own journal because his conscience doesn’t leave him alone mhuahahahah <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2. At what conclusion does Lindsey and jack get to know the truth if Mr. Harvey killed Susie? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> They both think that they should get in to Mr. Harvey’s house but jack walks away <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">3. What does grandma lynn tell Abigail? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> That her father had an affair

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Chapter 14: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1. How does Mr. Harvey convince the police of being innocent? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> He leaves the house every day for anhour or two and walks with children on school tours. If anyone looks suspiciously at him, he just retreats to his car. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2. What does Lindsey do went Mr. Harvey leaves his house? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> She smashes in the basement window and lowers herself into Mr. Harvey’s house. She feels something in the air there that makes her cringe, but she moves on, knowing she only has about forty minutes to explore. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">3. What does Lindsey find and what does she do with it?? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Mr. Harvey’s sketchbook. Lindsey reads through the sketch book anyway until she reaches the final page. The page is labeled “Stolfuz Cornfield,” and is the one where Susie died. She rips out the page just as she hears Mr. Harvey in the kitchen. He hears the floorsqueak and comes quickly to investigate. Lindsey breaks out the screen of thewindow and rolls down the porch roof and into some bushes and muck.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Chapter 15: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1. What does Mr. Harvey do to Lindsey after she took the sketch? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Mr. Harvey packs up his trophies, throws the knife he had used to kill Susie into the sink hole in the foundation of his basement, and hangs the trophy bag on a rusty metal support over which the cement had been poured. He knows he only has a short time to reduce the impact of the sketch Lindsey has taken. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2. What is Susie's mother doing? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> She is having an affair with susies murderer Mr. Harvey.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Chapter 16: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1. How does ruth help ray? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> She tries to pretend to be Susie <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2. What does Susie's mother promise to Lindsey ? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> She promises to never leave her <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">3. What does Lindsey get moved by, what does Lindsey do after her father had told her that? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> When her father tells her that susies spirit that has come to visit him during Lindsey's soccer practice and Lindsey hugs him and promises him she will always be there for him.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">D. These four (and a half) chapters start out with the family slowly picking themselves up and moving on. Jack goes back to work to keep his mind off of everything else. Abigail breaks apart and comes closer to Len. Ray believes that if he held onto Susie for a lot longer, they would probably become inseparable, and would therefore prevent her death. And, after talking with her dad one on one, Lindsey decides to take it upon herself to help her dad "get into Harvey's house" and ease his pain. Next the story is taken to Lindsey trespassing into Mr. Harvey's basement, where she searches and finds Harveys sketchbook and rips out the detailed sketch of the trap used to lure Susie. She returns home to a family scared to death that she returned almost caught. At the same time, Susie meets all of the other victims that have unfortunately met Harvey and their unexpected deaths. As they tell their stories, they ease their pain and start to let go of earth. Then we learn that Harvey's mother only loved him when he shoplifted for her, which he transfers the feeling when he kills. Harvey explains to the cops what he thinks happened (innocently) and it gives him enough time to slip away. Abigail betrays her family by leaving and travels around the country and leaves Len with guilt. Len feels he gave up on an opportunity to catch Harvey, to stay with Abigail. Then the story moves faster through time. We watch the characters move on with their lives. Ruth and Ray graduate, Ruth moves to the city and Ray stays and goes to UPenn. More evidence is found to link with the case, but it isn't brought to great attention.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">WEEK 5: Chapters 17-End ( <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">+the subchapter in Chapter 17, titled "Bones") <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Assignment 5: Responding To Text/ Final Reflections

A. We were glad to see that the author wrapped up the book in such a way that would answer any of the reader's questions. It was a very "lovely" book that definitely presented a moral or ultimate message, and if more people, especially young women, read this and got the message of what could happen to you and everyone else who care about you in a situation where you don't escape. We feel this topic has not been discussed to such an extreme throughout other works. This author is unlike most authors because she doesn't hide any detail that is too much for the reader, she thoroughly explains what exactly happened in each moment. In other words she explains exactly how she feels and doesn't keep any feelings to herself. This book is only meant for people who are mature enough to really understand it. It shouldn't be in a curriculum unless the students are ready to take on a book that goes to such extreme measures. It is one of those books that is in the middle. This means that it won't be an "all time classic" but it certainly won't be forgotten.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">B. “As if he moved in a world of crushing inevitability which had robbed him of any hope of accurate perception.” Buckley has trouble knowing when to be happy or not during Lindsey’s graduation. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">“someone who is constantly on the lookout for someone or something that hadn’t yet arrived.” Lindsey is in New York starting her new life after high school. She can’t figure what she wants to do with her life. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> “felt grateful her daughters had escaped. . .” Susie’s mother is meeting up with all of her daughters and sees that her oldest Lindsey <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">“someone who wanted more than anything to be anywhere but where she was.” Susie feels that she has all her answers and is ready to let go and actually go into heaven. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">“had been her almost, her might-have-been.” Ray Singh was Susie’s crush they had gone out on a date a couple days before she was murdered. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">“unwatched, unloved, unbidden.” Mr. Harvey is getting away without even being suspected for not just Susie’s murder but also everyone else he has murdered. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Susie knows that the “lovely bones” are not her body. She realizes that her lovely bones are representing her absence within her family and she now can let them her go now.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">C. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1. Why did Lindsey and Samuel run 10 miles from where they were? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">They were running to Lindsey's house because she thought her father might be worried about her. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2. What happened to Jack after he had a fight with Buckley? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Jack collapsed and had a heart attack. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">3. Who makes sure that the thought of Len Fennerman to Abigail and her family are never mentioned again? How? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">As soon as Abigail rushes to the hospital room where a nurse gives Lynne a message of good wishes from Len and she tucks it away in her purse. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">4. What does Mr. Harvey do when he sees the shack in Connecticut? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">He remembers that he had killed a waitress and buried her there, but found that she was gone when he came back. He curled up and fell asleep inside the shack. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">5. What did Ray see in Ruth after she was hit by Mr. Harvey's car and she blacked out? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Susie's soul entered Ruth's body and Ray treated Ruth as if she were Susie for a short time before he saw she was Ruth again.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">D. The last few chapters are when they start to let Susie go and move on with their lives. The story moves to Lindsey and Samuel graduating from college and spend time with each other. He asks her to marry him and she accepts. Ruth meets up with her father to discuss the sinkhole, and the fact that they may close it up; making her want to see it again. She only stays in touch with Ray, who she will ask to come see it with her. Buckley brings up Susie in a conversation with Jack and they have an argument. Jack collapses on the floor. Susie sees her grandfather and starts to dance with him like old times and then disappears. This lets Susie know that Heaven and earth are ready to move on. Hearing that Jack was in the hospital, Abigail sprung into wife and mother mode and comes back to visit. She is not welcomed warmly by her children because she lied to them and left them for 7 years. No sympathy was felt, only anger. Mr. Harvey is now in Connecticut where he finds and old shack that is significant to him and spends time there. Whenever he feels threatened he thinks about the time when Lindsey broke into his home and all he could see was the number 5 on the back of her shirt. Jack and Abigail finally come to terms with their daughters death and move on together. Susie leaves the Hospital room and watches Ray. Ray and Ruth go to visit the sinkhole. Mr Harvey returns to the neighborhood and watches them. Ruth sees more in Mr. Harvey and in the car he was driving, and noticed there were ghosts in blood colored dresses, which makes her black out. Mr. Harvey watches Lindsey, who is home alone. The woman who lives in Mr. Harvey's old house calls the police an they escort him out, saving Lindsey. Next, Susie's prescience is felt inside of Ruth. Susie spends a short time with Ray as a spirit inside of Ruth's body. Ray and Ruth now become closer together as Ray reads her journal just as Susie told him to. Ruth tells him that they have so much to talk about. Ruth and Abigail come home from the hospital and the whole family moves their attention to Lindsey getting married to Samuel. The family moved themselves into the future together. Susie sees that the lovely bones are not her bones but actually connections between her family members and her friends, as they are now forgetting everything that drew them apart. And with this, Susie now lets go and rests in peace knowing that she is gone form their lives but never from their hearts