English teachers at Malibu High School are supporting a student committee's selection of a controversial novel about adult-oriented subjects for a campuswide reading event for grades 9-12. The book, "Lovely Bones" by Alice Sebold, rocketed to bestseller......in 2003. It is written as a narrative in the voice of a 14-year-old girl who had been raped, murdered and dismembered by a neighbor. The girl watches from heaven as survivors grapple with her death, and as her family falls apart. ( snip) "This book is a very touchy subject," said Laurel Thorne, a Juan Cabrillo Elementary School teacher, who spoke as the...