The Lovely Bones | Overview & Chapter Abstracts for Teachers

Chapter Abstracts

Chapter abstracts are short descriptions of events that occur in each chapter. They highlight major plot events and detail the important relationships and characteristics of characters and objects. The Chapter Abstracts can be used to review what the students have read, or to prepare the students for what they will read. Hand the abstracts out in class as a study guide, or use them as a "key" for a class discussion. They are relatively brief, but can serve to be an excellent refresher of the text for either a student or teacher.

Chapter 1 Abstract

* Susie, the narrator, introduces herself as a recently murdered fourteen-year-old girl. She is narrating the story in first person, from heaven.
* Susie details the story of her rape and murder at the hands of her neighbor, Mr. Harvey. He lures her into a secret underground room where he rapes and...
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