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Bridge to Terabithia

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Chores, running, and hiding his talent to draw were Jess's most famous traits when he was alone, but when the neighbors moved in next door and he became friends with Leslie, this all changed. Jess was still good at these things but he became more creative, more imaginative, and more accepting of his love to draw. Leslie and Jess brought out the best in each other. These two were destined to become best friends, and they fought tough times as well as enjoyed good times together.

Caught in a world without perfection, Leslie and Jess created a place where they could be without any imperfections. This secret place, once created, was longed for. Jess and Leslie needed this place just as they needed each other.

Bridge to Terabithia, by Katherine Patterson, deals with a number of real life ordeals, including friendship, loss, bullying, and more. I think this is a great book for anyone who deals with life and longs for their own secret place to get away from it all.

I like Bridge to Terabithia because it's interesting and it makes me want to read more. I think it's good for others kids my age to read.

This book is about a boy named Jesse and a girl named Leslie who created this place called Terabithia. Any enemies around them in their real life would become enemies in Terabithia. Jesse and Leslie had difficulties in their lives but they straightened them out. At the end of the story Jesse built a bridge to Terabithia in honor of Leslie. They were good friends.

I had a lot of feelings about this book. I was sad because in the end something shocking happened to Leslie. I was surprised because Jesse goes somewhere without permission.

After reading Bridge to Terabithia, these are my opinions:

#1 This book is exciting for others to read.

#2 I think Katherine Paterson should continue the story so I can know what happens next.

#3 It's a good book.

When Jess Aarons meets Leslie Burke his life will be changed forever. He will no longer be able to be the fastest boy in school like he dreamed, but the second fastest runner because of Leslie. Their friendship was rough at first, but they grow closer. He doesn't care how she dresses, how much money she has,or the fact that she doesn't have a tv. They decide to make a magical kingdom called Terabithia,which they are king and queen of,and only their imagination is the limit. Leslie gets a dog from Jess,which she makes the royal guardian and jester. Then one morning a tragic freak accident occurs. Only then he will find the very valuable gift that Leslie has given him. Ages recommended: 8 - 11 years old

The day never seems to end for a good ole' farm boy. Especially not for Jess. See Jess has been practicing all summer, day and night, at running. He's gotten so fast he just knows that when he goes back to school he'll beat all the boys in the race during free time. Jess loved running. When you're out in the field what more do you need? Are there any cares in the world? But still, even being the fastest boy Jess somehow felt different from his schoolmates.

But things changed when Leslie came. She was a city girl. She'd seen it all. And she very quickly became very good friends with Jess. Though the friendship is unlikely it is strong. And together Jess and Leslie build an imaginary world called Terabithia where they reign as king and queen. But Jess's world is rocked one more time when tragedy strikes. Will he make it through the turmoil or will the pain just be too much?

This is a beautiful story of friendship and love and tragedy. The author beautifully draws you in to the story, you feel the emotions and cares of the characters and you even grow to know and love them. The development of the characters and of the story line make you feel like you're standing right next to Jess and Leslie. I strongly recommend this book to anyone ages 11 and up.

The place where you can use your imagination and everything you think happens. When Leslie had moved in next door,Terabithia was born.This book was very fascinating, and it has sad endings with some suspense. This book is highly recommend because it has deep love for family and friend-ship.Jess was just an ordinary boy who had troubles at school and at home,but when Leslie moved in next door,he grew friendship, love, and begin to be more imaginative.In the end he realizes that his friendship for Leslie will never be gone.

Bridge to Terabithia is a splendid choice of a book. This book is very funny. It's a great story for people who enjoy twisted books. Bridge to Terabithia is by the wonderful Kathrine Paterson. It's an adventure book that makes you feel like you are almost in the book! The story takes place mostly in Terabithia, but they go to school and other places too. Terabithia is a magical place that Jess and Leslie make up.

Jess and Leslie are the main characters. Jess is a very excellent student. He is kind of a scaredy-cat but he never shows it to Leslie. He is the kid who always wants to win. Jess is the king of Terabithia. He even has a crush on his music teacher Miss Edmunds!

Leslie also is a marvelous student. She is a tip-top runner. Leslie is the queen in Terabithia. She is also a very good story teller

In Bridge to Terabithia Jess and Leslie don't really fit in. Jess lives at home with his mom, dad, and 3 sisters. He has basically your average kid's life. Now Leslie on the other hand lives with her mom and dad and doesn't even have a TV!

I like the author's writing because she writes with imagination. At some points it is happy but others are sad. It can switch at any minute. She also writes in an adventurous tone.

I recommended this book to kids of all ages. It is definitely a family book. I would give it a 5 * rate because it is funny and mysterious.

Well, if you don't want to read the book by now you might want to think again.

The book that I read was Bridge to Terabithia it is by Katherine Paterson and is fiction. The theme of this book is perseverance because that's what Travis had to do all through out the book he was faced with many things but he kept his head high and persevered through it.

Bridge to Terabithia is about a boy named Travis who is not the richest kid on the block and not the most accepted one either. He lives on a farm with his big family and is the only boy which means he has all the duties in the house because his dad is out in the city for his job in the day time. When Travis goes to school he usually daydreams or draws which most of the kids make fun of him for. He is a loner until he meets the new girl at school who is also his new next door neighbor. He meets her when she beats him and all the other boys at a race which sort of makes Travis look up to her even though she's only a girl. The two soon become the best of friends and share many adventures together. One of them was making Terabithia, the made up land where the two rule. But one day the world shatters underneath travis's feet and nothing will ever be the same. At first he is defeated and is very upset but soon after he will realize that he will have to learn to persevere and try to make the best out of what is in front of him.

I really enjoyed this book because it made me feel like I was right beside them. That's how good of a mood the author created. When the characters were sad I was sad. When the characters were excited so was I. the other reason I enjoyed it was because of all the details put in the book. I could see exactly what was happening, or the view they were looking at, or the things they were smelling or the things they were hearing.

I really loved this book and would recommended it to any and everybody. It's a timeless classic that you can read over and over again.

Bridge to Terabithia starts out with Jess Aarons practicing for school recess races, but ends up being mostly about friendship. Everything else is gravy. And, to throw in another food metaphor, like a hearty stew there is a whole lot of everything else. Katherine Paterson has included most everything I'd expect to find in a book for young people.

There are friends. Winning that first race after the start of school is the biggest thing Jess thinks about; not the new neighbors at the Perkins place. Even when one of those neighbors turns out to be his age, he remains uninterested. After all, the neighbor is a girl. Leslie also unfortunately isn't the right size for his younger sister May Belle. Moreover, she turns out to be a competitor. She joins the recess races, something that the boys dislike but don't know how to stop. For a while, Jess even outright avoids Leslie because, thanks to her, one of the only highlights of school is no longer any fun. Then one day he sees Leslie being teased, his protective instinct kicks in, and his entire world changes. At this point in the book, the story becomes about their friendship.

There are bullies. Gary Fulcher doesn't show any respect for other people's property. In his free time at school, Jess likes to grab notebook paper and draw. Gary makes it his business to try to see these sketches, the way certain boys in my sixth-grade class made it their mission to steal notes from their peers. Notice I pluralized bully. Gary is an ant compared to Janice Avery and her two friends. In typical bully fashion, they make little kids give them their food. They also snatch hopscotch rocks, run through jump ropes, and laugh when kids screamed. While no one ever stole my food in elementary school, I did avoid walking home alone in fifth-grade for fear of being beaten up. It doesn't take too many experiences to learn that there are bullies in the world. Unlike Jess, I never tried standing up to mine until I had become an adult.

There are siblings. By having four, Jess has too many of them. The older two remain cliché teenagers for whom whining, shopping, dating, and razzing their younger siblings are the norm. The younger May Belle and Joyce Ann, however, inspire some of the sweeter moments in Bridge to Terabithia. On the very first morning that we meet Jess, May Bell wakes up and asks him: "Where are you going?" In response, Jess "patted her hair and yanked a twisted sheet up to her small chin." One might wonder why Paterson bestows Jess with four sisters, when the heart of the book is his friendship with Leslie. Part of the beautiful complexity of Bridge to Terabithia is its multiple layers, including the relationship between Jess and May Bell, which eventually helps Jess nudge May Bell towards a friendship with her younger sister.

There are also parents, teachers, animals, holidays, imaginary worlds, and even a discussion of faith. Those were all an important part of my world too; like Jess, I had a crush on a teacher, made up stories with my friends, and wondered about God. Every character, detail, and incident in Bridge to Terabithia is so true to life, many readers will identify.

Have I given any too much of the plot? No, for there is the still the question of how Jess stands up to the bullies. You might wonder too about whether he ever does anything about his crush on his teacher. Then there is that pretend world that Leslie and Jess create, after which the book is named. Most important, there is how their friendship unfolds. I have deliberately left out those details, for you should encounter them for yourself by reading Bridge to Terabithia. If you haven't read the Paterson's book yet, there is so much to discover and love. If you have, then you know it is like looking back through a treasured vacation album.

In slightly over one hundred pages, Katherine Paterson has created a patchwork quilt wherein each square reveals a little more about family, school, friends, religion, and all those important areas of life. We might sometimes experience them differently than Jess, but they were part of our childhood and have become part of our adulthood. Bridge to Terabithia has everything that I might expect to find in a book for young people, but it also has everything that adults can relate to. It's the perfect book.

Bridge to Teribithia

There was this boy and he had met this girl that moved in next door. Then they started talking one day after school and when they got off the bus they went back into the woods and crossed over a river like thing by swinging on a rope and they found this old fort and everyday after school they would go hang out in it and talk. Well one day they were being attacked by these little squirrel like things and a big giant monster that looked like a tree came and saved them from the squirrels and then the boy was falling out the fort and the monster caught him in his hand. Then one the boy was back in the woods and found a little puppy and knew the girl had never had a puppy so he gave it too her. They became best friends and one day there teacher called the boy and asked if he could help her with a fem things and hang out so he said yes. He spent all day with his teacher and when they came back the boys father told him to sit down and the boy was worried and asked what happened and the boys father said that the girl his best friend had died trying to swing across the river like thing on the rope and the boy was all sad and crying and he went over to her house and told her parents sorry. Then he got her puppy and went back in the woods and built a bridge across the river and called it bridge to teribithia. I would recommend this book because it's a really good book

Bridge to Teribithia, what's that? It is a book about a boy named Jess Aarons and he is a fifth grader who has a goal to be the fastest runner in fifth grade. He has been going to his school and practicing all summer. He couldn't wait to beat all his friends and all the sixth graders when he ran. Then when school started, a new girl came and outran everyone. You would think Jess and Leslie would be enemies but they became best friends. Leslie has an imagination and together they created Teribithia. Teribithia is a magical kingdom in the woods, and Jess and Leslie are King and Queen. The author of this book is Katherine Paterson and she wrote this book for her son and Lisa. "I see land bright and clear and the times coming near when we'll live in this land you and me, hand in hand..." is a quote in this book, and I chose it because it describes a reason for why they made Teribithia. I recommend that people read this book before they see the movie because the movie has a lot of different details in it. If this sounds like a good book, go read it!! I thought it was really good!!! I think you will like it too!!