Susie Salmon

Author's Note: our class had to make a character description story of the book we're reading. This is about what happens when Susie Salmon, from The Lovely Bones, walks into the room.

When she enters the room, nobody looks. They see right through her. They can’t see her flowing blond hair or her tight yellow jeans sticking to her legs while she jumps trying to get someone’s attention, even though she knows no one will ever even realize that she could be there. Susie Salmon, a dead fourteen year old girl, looking down on her family. She isn’t actually in the room, but she’s watching. Watching her family’s every step, getting closer and closer to finding out the truth about her mysterious murder.

Susie just wanted to tell them. She wanted to tell them she’s okay. She wanted to tell them everything was going to be fine. She wanted to tell them all Mr. Harvey did was kill her, nothing to it. But, she couldn’t. Susie couldn’t mention who hurt her, and what horrible things they did to her body. She is there, technically, and she knows it, but only if they did, too.