Girl gets taken from friends yard and put in a box

After being brutally murdered, 14-year-old Susie Salmon watches from heaven over her grief-stricken family -- and her killer. As she observes their daily lives, she must balance her thirst for revenge with her desire for her family to heal.

Somewhere in the near past a girl carries a box down a street. She carries The Box past an assortment of life before finally reaching a pawn-brokers where its contents and significance are revealed.