Bridge to Terabithia

Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Winner of the 1978 Newbery Medal, Paterson has done it again. It made me laugh and cry, and cry some more! An excellent book for a class set but be careful reading aloud. It was hard to put down.

The story centers around Jess, who we see develop from a shy boy to one of a creative man. Leslie is the new girl who moves in next door and is very different from any other girl he or his teachers or parents have met. She is a boyish girl whose parents have left the city for country life. The family is considered eccentric but no one but Jesse gets close enough to meet them. Leslie and Jess become King and Queen of a hidden land they call Terabitha. Jess and Leslie have adventures and crusades to rid themselves of the evil spells and creatures they imagine that live in Terabithia.



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