The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold pages 5 to 40

Summary:
In the beginning of the novel, there's a young girl Susie Salmon. Susie was only 14 years old when she was raped and killed. The tragedy began when young Susie was on her usual walk home from school. She went through the cornfield to get home. In the cornfield she met her neighbor Mr. Harvey and he began to talk to Susie. He invited her back to his house. Considering that her parents where friends with Mr. Harvey she didn’t see any harm going to his house. He built some kind of play house for the children and that’s where he brought Susie. That’s when Susie began to feel uncomfortable when he was being sweet then sexual. Then Susie tried to fight back when he attempted to rape her but she wasn’t strong enough against him. After he raped her Susie knew he was going to kill her and that’s exactly what happened.
Once the police began to investigate the situation, they found was sure Susie was murdered when they found her elbow. Her parents where heartbroken and devastated. Her older sister Lindsey acted as though she didn’t even care that her younger sister had passed away. Her family and the detectives tried really hard to figure out who her murderer is and how she dies. As for Susie, she is in heaven looking upon her family and friends she wants to help her family figure out who killed her.
Quote:
“It was an elbow. The Gilberts’ dig found it” (Sebold 24).
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This is when the Salmon family received the evidence that their precious daughter was killed because they found her elbow. When her older Lindsey found out that they found an elbow she threw up with disgust. How and why would someone cut up her body? When her family found out she was dead that all had a moment of silence and everyone had time to themselves to cry about the situation.

The Secret Life of the Bees

Summary:
Lily and Rosleen got taken to jail. T-ray came to get lily but left Rosleen behind. when they get home t-ray is hard on Lily but she stands up to him and she explains that he cant hurt her because her mother wont let him. T-ray thought it was funny because her mother is dead. Her father told her some hurtful things. When she went in her room, she noticed that the bee jar was empty so she thought she should be like the bees and run away. Lily returns to the jail to look for Rosleen but then she finds out that rosleen was taken to a hospital because the three man beat her up. Lily is on her way to Tiburon. Rosleen gets mad she doesnt want to be accused of be apart of her runaway so they split apart. Lily and Rosleen go into a corner store and Lily sees a black mary. The same picture that her mother had.
Lily then tells August that they ran away because her father died in a tractor accident. Rosleen gets upset with Lily because she is constistly lying and speaking for her. Lily feels bad because her skin tone is white. also she hears August talking about her skin tone. On the news they are talking about desegregation which scares Lily because of her race. Lily has to help August and Zach with the Farm since May had a Nervous break down and Rosleen helps may around with the house chores. August teaches Lily honey farming, and also learns about August fourth child Aprill and how she was suicidal and her condition.


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I felt bad for Lily. Her father is a real Jerk. I thought he actually cared about her since he took he out of jail. Then I thought what about Rosleen? Why didnt he get her as well? I was actually happy but also scared when Lily ran away from home. I thought she was making a big mistake, and T-Ray was going to find her and punish her. Also I wondered why Rosleen was constantly upset with Lily. I think August is a really sweet and generous person, considering that she let Lily and Rosleen stay at the farm and also didnt kick them out due to her skin compliction.