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Summary: This is a really good book
Review: Bridge to Terabathia is a great book about friendship. Jess Aarons has been training to be the fastest runner in 5th grade all summer. However, on the first day of school a strange girl named Leslie outruns all the guys including Jess. Surprisingly, Jess and Leslie become the best of friends. Together, they make an imaginary kingdom called Terabathia. The book tells all about the adventures they have as the kingdom's queen and king. I loved this book and so will you!
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Summary: A good gift for your grandkids!
Review: I have given this book to 2 of my grandchildren, 1 boy, and 1 girl, ages 11-12 and they have loved it. My grandson says it is his 2nd favorite book he has ever read. It is an old classic about friendship between 2 fifth-graders, boy and girl, and an imaginary place they share. It is a sad story, but one that they will remember and treasure always, as part of their growing up years. Standing the test of time, it is considered a young readers classic.
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Summary: Touching
Review: This is the story of two children who become great friends and end up playing in a world not like their own. A pretend world. A world better than our own. I read this book in 5th grade, two years ago, and would read it again and again.
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Summary: From a Seventh Grader
Review: A truely wonderful book, that seems to be right out of the mind off a child. Sad ending, but worth the time to read.
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Summary: Friendship is Powerful
Review: This story is about a great friendship between a boy Jess and a girl Leslie, both of whom are in the fifth grade. Both seem to be outcasts with no friends. Leslie is from a liberal family, who moved from the city, and Jess is from a more traditional family, who lives in the country. Leslie and Jess appear to be searching for appreciation and acceptance. Jess has a hidden talent, but the only person that understands and supports his drawings is the music teacher. Jess tries to become the fastest runner of the fifth grade boys to gain respect from classmates, his parents, and his other teacher, but Leslie wins the race. After a few approaches from Leslie, they begin a wonderful trusting relationship of creativity and understanding. They imaginatively create "Terabithia," a kingdom in the woods where they are the king and queen of their secret place. Jess builds up his low self-esteem with Leslie's imaginative ideas and encouragement. It is not until a tragedy occurs that Jess realizes the strength and courage Leslie has given him.
The main theme of Bridge to Terabithia is friendship. But, it is a story packed with many realistic concepts and issues that children and adults encounter in their everyday lives. The author does a wonderful job with descriptive language to provide vivid imagery and feeling throughout the book. Children in the intermediate grade levels can get a better understanding of how the issues presented in the book make people feel and react. There are many realistic conflicts from the beginning to the ending of the book. The reader can also observe how the characters use their friendship to dramatically change their lives even though other characters in the story remain static. In the beginning Jess is a very fearful character with no direction, but in the end he overcomes all his fears and becomes a new courageous person.
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Summary: Great Book !
Review: I really enjoyed this book! As a child I read it, and as a 21 year old I read it again; it was a good as I remembered it. I love the "secret kingdom" that Jess and Leslie have. It reminds me of places I used to go when I was a kid. This book takes you in and takes you away, while teaching some important lessons along the way. I would recommend it to anyone.
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Summary: Bridge to Terabithia
Review: This is a great book. It is easy to see why Katherine Paterson won the Newberry Medal for it. I think children as well as adults will enjoy this book, even though it deals with death.Jesse's main ambition is to be the fastest kid in the fifth grade. He practiced all summer, only to have a girl beat him. The girl is Leslie. At first Jesse refuses to be friends with Leslie, but after he sees how much they have in common they become best friends. Leslie is a very intelligent and imaginative girl who teaches so many things about life to Jesse, an average farm boy. They build a secret and magical kingdom called Terabithia. The only way to enter this magical kingdom is by swinging across the gorge on a rope. One day, when Jesse returned from a trip to Washington D.C. with a teacher, he learns of Leslie's death. The rope broke as Leslie was swinging over the gorge into Terabitha. At first, Jesse refuses to accept her death. Then he almost feels happy because he is now the fastest kid in the fifth grade. He finally comes to terms with Leslie's death as he goes to Terabitha to perform a funeral ceremony. He then builds a bridge across the gorge so his sister can come and enjoy the magical kingdom of Terabitha. Paterson develops the characters so well that they seem real. She gives an accurate description of their lives and of the events that occur on the playground. The reader can relate to the things that happen to Jesse and Leslie and how they handle these things. Paterson shows the reader that a boy-girl friendship can happen and that it can be a great one. She does an excellent job of making this story come alive for the reader.
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Summary: snoozer
Review: I disliked this book so much that I have not been able to forget it. Boring!
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Summary: Brigde To Terabithia
Review: The reason I can't tell about the ending is that the other kids
would know about it. The book has great deatals because it:s an a maginary place,and somethign bad happens in the storyand the author tells about it.Leslie has cool ideas to talk about and Jesse dosn't do thoes cool things.when Leslie reads she immagin things like, makes up places and stories. But Jess doesn't do that. He just draws and colors and paints.
Terabithia is an imaginary place because Leslie and Jesse are keeping it a secret. But then Jesse gets a puppy for Leslie and she takes it home. Then her parents find out and she gets in trouble. That's why Leslie and Jesse ignore each other in school.
The reason I like the book is that there is an imigainary place.
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Summary: A very good book, though it contains some hard lessons...
Review: This was a very sad, very difficult book. Not because of difficult language or readability, but because of the intense lessons it teaches about grieving and death. This book cannot be read lightly. It takes you throught the main character's process of making a new friend, learning to love and trust her, having that trust betrayed, and finally, learning to move on with his life. Despite its deep and painful context, this book was very worthwhile, and I completely reccomend you give it a try!
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