What is the theme of this book, and what one message would sum it up? I really would like to know because i have this book report and i would love for...

There are
lots of themes:  loss and grief and how we deal with it, life and death, and development of
people/places are just a couple.

One nice neat way to sum it all up? 
Hummm....well, I suppose you could say that the grief people feel after a horrendous crime has
been committed such...