The Lovely Bones is the story of of Susie Salmon, a fourteen year old girl who is raped and murdered in the novel’s opening chapter. The novel focusses on Susie, in heaven, watching how her parents, sister, brother, friends and grandmother cope with her loss while trying to bring her murderer to justice.
* For more information on the book - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lovely_Bones
The Lovely Bones has been banned several times since its release. Schools tend to keep it off their shelves and even forbid the use of it in book reports because parents and teachers have deemed the content too frightening for students. The novel depicts frightening occurances of rape and murder of young children and many parents find it to be too "real" and frightening for kids. The book also describes the sexual desires of a young teenager as well as an adult woman and many adults find that having both of these present in a book for children will confuse what's appropriate for a young perosn's experimentation.
* For more information on the bannings and challenges of this book - http://paranormal.suvudu.com/2010/09/banned-books-week-the-lovely-bones.html
The author of this book has even stated on the description within that "the world isn't sugar-coated." Do you think that exposing students to real world issues such as rape and murder of people their own age is conducive to them growing up properly and having a good understnading of the world? Or do you think it's too frightening to disturb children with these sad facts?
* 5 points extra credit
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