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Bridge To Terabithia

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This book is hard to describe. I read it before buying it for my niece a few years after it was first published. I thought it was excellent, especially at depicting the mind of a pre-adolescent boy and how he confronts tragedy. Everything about the book struck me as honest, true and insightful at the time. Though looking at it now, some of the author's messages seem to lack subtlety. But how much subtlety do you want in children's literature? Still, I'm sure the author would be offended to hear me call this "children's literature." The fact is it's a great and enjoyable read that will keep your child thinking for a long time. But it's also a book that any adult can enjoy and will also have them thinking as well. If you don't own this one, buy it today.

I have read "Bridge to Terabithia" many times as both a child and adult, and have continued to return to it for many reasons. Jess, an unappreciated artistic boy, feels pressure from his family and school to live up to their expectations of "male" behavior, yet he learns with the help of individualistic Leslie that he needs to be true to himself. Together they create a magical kingdom where they can be themselves, applaud each others' talents, and escape the closed-minded world that fails to understand them. When Leslie suddenly leaves Jess' life, Jess realizes he has gained the confidence (with Leslie's help) to face the world on his own. He then passes Terabithia on to someone else who needs its "powers" the same way he did. This powerful, touching book teaches readers to always be themselves, that struggles and tragedies can make us stronger and bring us closer together, that appearances can be deceiving, and that friendship and imagination have remarkable powers. My class of reluctant 6th grade readers loved this book as well.

I found this book and the movie just okay. It wasn't a yawner but not exciting either.

its sad but a great book. read it if you can and the teenage losers that say its stupid their very wrong!! If you have lost some 1 in your family or some1 close to you; you can relate to this book. Its very heart touching.

This book is terrible! All my friends and I hate it. Sometimes for a whole chapter it talks about Jess thinking about things that nobody cares about. This would never happen in real life. All they do is say wow im in happyland. No wonder they dont have any other friends. LESLIE DIED! LETS HAVE A PARTY!

The book was about the relationships characters. There were two main characters. Leslie was a nice girl who moved into the town. She was different that the others students. At first jess didn't even like her. However, later they become good friends. They were going almost everywhere together. They become really good friends.
Leslie and Jess wanted to create a secret place. She found the place in the forest, but to go in that place you have to Cross- River, it was little bit hard. But they went there and call that place Terabithia. They were going almost every day there; they were playing or just sitting. I really liked this book, because it's about secrets, it's interesting to know someone's secret, and keep that in our heart. I feel sorry for Jess, if I be in his situation I would cry and cry ...some part I didn't like in the book, because some words were hard to translate or understand. I would give this book a 6 of 10, because I didn't like the ending.

This story begins with Jess trying to become the fastest runner in school. Then life changes when Lesley Burke moves in next door. Lesley is the fastest runner, not Jesse. They become friends anyway. Jesse and Leslie have fun,exciting and scary moments together. This is a good book full of friendship, a little adventure and sadness. The book ends with a horrible tragedy..... I recommend this book because it has many different themes and the characters are interesting. D.E.

This story begins at the end of eleven-year-old Jesse Aarons'summer. Jesse had just spent the whole summer preparing for the races at school. Because of his family's financial status, Jesse desperately tries to be better than the rest of his classmates. He strives to be the fasted runner in his class. He then meets Leslie Burke when she moves to their town. However, he didn't expect to be beat by a girl. Leslie did not care about the fact that she was faster than all the boys. Jesse becomes one of the few people who talk to Leslie. Leslie looks different from many of the rest of the girls at school. And for that reason she is constantly teased. Once Jesse and Leslie become friends they face many adversities. Together they build a secret palace in the woods outside their house. They utilize a vine to access their secret palace. Upon returing from a trip, Jesse is confronted with some terrible news. This story is a timeless story of the importance of friendship. It is great for all ages.

Katherine Paterson is the author of the book called Bridge to Terabithia. This book is a book about friendship, emotion, and adventure. If you want to know, this is a really great book.
In this book, there are three main characters. Their names are Jesse, he is about ten years old, and Lesley, she is about the same age and she lives right next to Jesse, and P.T. (Lesley's puppy) or Prince Terrain. The place that the two characters go the most is Terabithia (the woods). The other settings are at Jesse's house and at school. The three main events are Jesse and Lesley find a river in the middle of the woods, and they cross the river and name the found land Terabithia. Then on Lesley's birthday, Jesse gave her a puppy, Lesley named the puppy Prince Terrain (or P.T.).
I liked the book because it was a mix. It was a thriller, mystery, and adventure book. I like the book because some of it is funny, like the time when Brenda lost her Twinkie to a boy and screamed "TWINKIE!!!", and some of its scary when Lesley talked about giants and at school it seems like three kids is the giants.
The theme of this book is "friends are the best thing to have". This is the theme of the book because when they became friends, they got used to each other so much that they were like brother and sister. In conclusion, Bridge to Terabithia is a wonderful book.

Just a quick review here folks, since there are 546 other people who reviewed it before me... what is the big deal about this book? Why has it endured, why have teachers been assigning it since I was a little kid? There are SO many better written books about friendship and loss, or whatever the "lesson" is supposed to be here. I got to the end of the book and said "that's IT?" You know what it reminded me of was that movie with Macauley Culkin, "My Girl" ... he and Anna Chlumsky have this budding friendship and then, before they've even had a chance to delve into the relationship, he's dead. I expected more from that movie, and much more from this book.