Bridge to Terabithia

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Summary: Life Changing
Review: This book changed me. I read this book when I was around 12 years old and I couldn't put it down. When I was done reading it, I was crying and very moody the rest of the day. This was the first time anything in print ever made me cry and I don't regret it for one moment. This book is a must read for all young adults wanting to read a emotionally touching story.

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Summary: Horible
Review: When i finished this book I thought it was horrible. In the begging katheran Paterson focuses on running and nothing else. there is a tear jearker but that is the only oince. Warning this book is horrible

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Summary: Wonderful book
Review: I will never forget this book. One of my teachers read it to the class when I was in 5th grade (16 years ago) and it moved me deeply. I would definitely recommend to all.

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Summary: A Good Book
Review: This book is the best book so far! It's so interesting and the author really makes the characters sound so real. I read this book for a school project, and it made me sad what happened in the end. I think kids 9-12 should read this book!

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Summary: LOVE IT!
Review: I read this book about 20 years ago, when I was in grade school. It was the first book that ever made me cry. I loved it so much that I bought a copy for my daughter, now 9, who also loved it. It's a heartbreaker!

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Summary: Bridge to Terabithia
Review: Jess has his heart set on being the fastest runner in 5th grade. He practiced all during the summer and every morning before school. He thinks nobody can defeat him, but not only is he defeated, a girl beats him. It happens to be the girl who just moved into the house next door to him. This young girl's name is Leslie Burke. Jess and Leslie start off on the wrong foot, but as time goes on, the two become best friends. Their friendship grows stronger throughout everything they do. Racing each other, sticking up for each other when they are being ridiculed by their schoolmates, and everything else they encounter together. Leslie and Jess set an example that any best friends should follow. Their love for each other becomes so great; the two become inseparable as time passes. Their imaginations grow wild, and they invent a magical kingdom that only they know about. This magical kingdom in the woods called Terabithia provides Leslie and Jess a place to come here for as long as time allows them to, but in this case, their time in Teribithia ends sooner than expected. Jess is soon left to rule the magical kingdom alone.
I feel this book shows how important friendship is and how much you can learn from other people as long as you have an open mind. Jess and Leslie are extremely different people with totally different attitudes about everything. They work through their differences and build a bond that only death could separate. As I was reading this book, it made me realize how important it is to have someone with whom you can share so much of your life. Having a best friend is something that you cannot buy, but friendship is something everyone needs and is much more important than.
This book was challenged at the sixth grade reading level. The book includes profanity, including "Oh Lord" and "Lord" used as expletives, and the book also contains "references to witchcraft." The book is said to set bad examples and give students negative views of life. It was challenged 9 times by 9 different schools and areas. The book was banned in 1986.
Although this book was banned, I feel that the significance of the book still remains. Meaningful lessons can be learned from reading this book. After reading this book I realized the importance of having someone in your life that you can rely on. Jess and Leslie had just that.

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Summary: The ultimate book on friendship
Review: This was the first book that ever made me cry. All children should read this book no matter how old they are. Having that imaginary land that they can escape to and become thier own king and queen; living that eternal summer where they feel like they'll never have to grow up. A must for all children's librarys.

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Summary: contemporary
Review: This book would get 5 stars on the quality of the writing alone, which is such that the reader cannot put the book down once it has been picked up. But the beauty in Jess and Leslie's relationship and the beauty of the magic kingdom of Terabithia itself also get 5 stars. This is a far cry from books that assume everyone is middle-class and lives in a four-bedroom house in the suburbs. Jess's family is far more easy to identify with for children who come from families who are doing their best just to scrape by (or who need to realize that not everyone is like them). A wonderful book, one of the best, lovely.

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Summary: bittersweet classic
Review: a classic pre-teen book, this was the first book i read that made me cry. Of course, I was a pre-teen at the time and prone to weeping at the drop of a hat :). Grab a box of tissues and come along with me.

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Summary: Bridge to Depression
Review: Wow, usually i love realistic-fiction. But what happened here? A newberry award winner for this? It's about a boy whos family is disfunctional, poor, and he has no freinds. Sure this could be a good story. But the plot is that the boy overcomes his problems, then fails in the end. Maybe i missed something but i havent met someone who likes it. Desole, c'est tres barbat et c'est ZERO.