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Lovely Bones: Summary
The main protagonist of the novel Lovely Bones is a young girl at the age of fourteen, Susie Salmon. She is the hero of the film and the starring ghost between earth and the inbetween where the dead and the living interact. Susie was full of light, she could give some much love in this world. She was a kind, happy ,brave, creative soul. After her death she developed a lot of hate inside for Mr.Harvey she felt so unhappy, she felt like nothing. She had mautured in the inbetween and had the strength to realize that it's not going to be like this forever, that there was hope. She had a talent and a passion for photography, taking pictures of her mother Abigail and her father Jack. Susie loved her family and her family loved her, she had so much
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