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Summary: Wonderful friendship book!!
Review: Bridge to terabithia is about friendship!! It is and excellent book yet touchey at times!! I would have to say it is on the best books I have read list!! My favorite part about the book was when jess saw a moving truck!! That made me very curious to waht was going to happen next and then I just couldn't put down the book!! I highly recommend you to read this book!!
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Summary: The Bridge to Teribithia
Review: The Bridge to Teribithia is about Jess, a character in the book, who wants to be the fastest runner in his class. He practices his running every morning that summer. One morning he sees a moving truck parked in front of a house across the way. The first day of school a new girl arrives named Leslie who out runs everyone, including Jess. Initially, he is mad at her, but over time he and Leslie become best friends and create a secret and imaginitive world called Teribithia. Jess then realizes how much strength, courage and imagination Leslie has given him when an incident occurs.The Bridge to Teribithia is a very good and interesting book. It is probably best suited for 4th-6th grade. I also enjoyed the humorous characters in the book. It was great!
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Summary: SCARY Reviews, Outstanding book
Review: The number of low-star reviews is astounding. And I can't even begin to comment on the folks who are actually counting occurrences of the word "damn". (I'm still reeling from THAT revelation.) This book was a birthday gift somewhere in the vicinity of my 12th birthday, and it is the one of the few books (from youth) I've kept into my adult life. Paterson weaves great intricacy into her characters. Themes like insecurity, loneliness, and peer rivalry in the pre-teen realm are articulately revealed. It speaks about loyalty and friendship, even in unlikely circumstances. The tragic aspect gives the story timeless depth. My edition features elegant blank ink watercolor illustrations-a great complement to the text. It's unfortunate that this lovely book has been elevated by educators to "must-read" status. That apparently is the kiss of death from a young reader's perspective.
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Summary: Hard Hitting
Review: When I first picked up this book in my library I didn`t even bother to read the first sentence. As usual I read the back of the book and I have to say it`s kind of misleading. When I finally read this book I realized just how hard it focused on things. This book was incredible because so many books out there end with everything resolved, but this was different. It had such an immense twist that as you`re reading your whole head kind of spins in the reality of the story. The author really makes you feel the emotions so you can really get into the book. And when you actually think of the situations in the story, you can get into the characters emotions more. This is an incredible book, definitley a cryer, but incredible.
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Summary: Bridge to Terabithia reveiw by: Adrianne
Review: Have you ever had a friend so great and full of life? Then, all of a sudden, one day you make that one mistake and you end up living the rest of your life miserably? In the novel, Bridge to Terabithia, by Katherine Paterson, Jesse Aarons and Leslie Burke become great friends and are close to becoming inseparatable until one rainy day, Jesse doesn't invite Leslie along on a trip and when he returns he finds himself lost in a terrible situation.
He thinks of all the fun things they did together such as, building their very own, "Secret Kingdom." He remembers all the mischievous schemes the two played on others; for example, when they write the note to Janice Avery pretending it is from a boy she has a crush on. From the very first day Jesse met Leslie, when she raced all the fifth grade boys and beat them at their little relay races during recess, until the last time he ever saw her, I'm sure she was the best friend Jesse had ever had. The last day he ever sees Leslie, when his music teacher, Miss Edmunds, whom he admires so and falls in love with, watching her long, beautiful black hair swish in the wind. On that day, Miss Edmunds calls Jesse to come on a trip to an art gallery. Jesse accepts and thinks of asking if Leslie can go, but he ends up not asking and worries that Leslie will go to Terabithia, their "Secret Kingdom." That event is why Jesse lives the rest of his life miserably. Bridge to Terabithia is a great novel about friendship and loyalty. I encourage you to read this story about a true friendship like Jesse and Leslie's because I know you all have had a friendship similar to theirs.
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Summary: The Greatest Book I've Ever Read
Review: I thought this book was one of the best books I've ever read. Paterson gave a lot of detail to express the main points. Overall, I loved this book!!
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Summary: Bridge to Terabithia
Review: I am a 5th grade student at Waldron Mercy Academy (G.G.Y.) In a hot muggy town in Virginia in the 1960's lived a family named Aaron. There are 4 girls and 1 boy in the family. The boy's name is Jess. He has 2 snobby older sisters, Brenda and Ellie. He always counts on May Belle, his 6 year old sister, because she does whatever he tells her to do (almost everything). Last, but not least, there is little Joyce Anne a regular 4 year old crybaby. Jess always works in the farm. He meets a girl named Leslie who changes his life forever. Leslie moved into the old dirty Perkins's place (as the Aarons call it.) Jess has this amazing art talent, but he just doesn't think he is good at anything. He would never draw around his father because his father didn't want him to be some " girl". Leslie and Jess wanted to be somewhere special, surprising, and SECRET, where only they can be the rulers of it. They together went into the scary dark woods. They found the most amazing place in the woods. They named the SECRET place Terabithia! To get into "Terabithia" you have to swing on a long rough rope. Well, on a rainy day Leslie (by herself) went into the dark woods. She closed her eyes and swung on the swing with the river raging below her. This book is such a page turner! I recommend this book to a mature 4th grader or a 5th grade student.
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Summary: Bridge To Terabithia
Review: I am a student at Waldron Mercy Academy [SPP] In a muggy town in Virginia lived Jess,Ella,Brenda,Maybell,Joyceann, Mrs.Aarons and Mr.Aarons.Jess wants to be the fastest kid in the 5th grade. He has been practicing all summer vacation.Then his life changes when he finds out he has new neighbors. The Burke family,Bill,Judy,and Leslie. Jess and Leslie become great friends. They came up with an idea. They decide to make a sacred place just for them. They call it Terabithia. There they come up with ideas to trick and outwit thier enemies.For example ,everybody knows Janice Avery is the biggest bully in the school. Everybody also knows she is in complete love with Willard Hughes. So they trick Janice into thinking Willard loves her back. Then great horror strikes and separates Jess and Leslie forever. I suggest this book for any 4th or 5th grade student.
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Summary: A great book for adults/young adults -- not kids
Review: I read this book shortly after it was published, in my "ample free time" as a teacher. The rest of the staff all raved about it. I didn't care for it. It's reasonably well written, the storyline is easy to follow, the two central characters are reasonably well developed, and it is very good at pulling you around by your emotions. But instead of being a reasonably accurate portrayal of a 10- to 12-year-old's coming-of-age, it always strikes me as being some adult's fantasy about how a child might respond emotionally to tragedy (or pathos), if only he or she happened to have an adult's experience and perspective. It does not surprise me to learn that the books was inspired by a terrible loss in the author's personal life: the book's measured and ultimately didactic feel makes one assume that it was written to exorcise personal grief and to share Truths which were purchased at great personal cost. I personally didn't care for the book, and it didn't ring true for me (or apparently for many students), but it does seem to appeal to adults, particularly the caring, child-centered, empathetic, motherly sort of person that typifies the majority of suburban elementary school teachers. In some schools, "Bridge" is a standard book for about the fourth or fifth grade. The level of understanding that these students usually have is: "They didn't like each other because she could run faster, then they were friends, then she died, and it was sad." Ten-year-olds, however, do not really understand what they author is saying about making friends, the value of imagination, the nature of human relationships, the effect of emotions, the presence of death, the enormity of grief -- even the futility of saying anything after a funeral, and the importance of saying it anyway. In other words, they aren't able to understand why this book is Real Literature, and not Just Another Book for practicing reading skills. If your goal is to introduce a discussion of affective issues, I'd suggest that you save this book for junior high or even lower high school students, instead of giving it to the upper-elementary school students upon whom this book is usually inflicted: Just because the average fourth grader can decode the words on the pages does NOT mean that they have enough experience (maturity) to understand what the author wants to tell them. (I'd make an exception for a grief-related student support group: if a fourth-grader has actually lost a friend or family member, then he or she would be in a better position to understand the purpose of the book. But most 9- to 12-year-olds [and those who teach them] are encouraged to steer clear of this book.)
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Summary: Good book.
Review: I'd have to say that I personally enjoyed reading this book. Bridge to Terebithia has an interesting plot, and ends in a good way. It is greatly written and I give credit to Katherine Paterson for that. Overall, this book is enjoyable YET, Jacob have I loved is definetly what I'd pick to read if I had to choose between the two.
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