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Summary: Beautifully written!
Review: The boook was fantastic. It wasn't very good at the beginning but it eventually started making sense. Leslie and Jess were real close by the middle of the book. When Leslie died, it tore Jess up. That part was really sad. I recommend this book for ages 10 and up.
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Summary: an amazing story
Review: the book was amazing. it was about friendship and hardship and learning about your self. how anyone could not like this book is beyond me!!!!!it was a beautiful book
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Summary: Bridge to Terabithia is very interesting and a touching book
Review: I thought this book started slow. The more we got to know the characters, Jess and Leslie, and see how tight their friendship becomes, we realize just how important they are to each other and how they become to rely on each other without even knowing it. Jess seems to rely more on Leslie and when he must deal with her tragic death alone, he realizes that Leslie has not only given her friendship to Jess, but also the strength to go on. Terabithia, once an escape from reality, is now seen as a starting point to give Jess the strength he will need to live his life and to live on for Leslie. I enjoyed this book the more I read into it. The ending brought tears to my eyes. I found it to be a very heartwarming book that many would enjoy.
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Summary: Talk about awful!
Review: I read this book for class, and let me just say this: NO ONE in my whole grade liked this book! I mean, this book didn't make any sense to me! I thought it was a waste of summer (we did this for summer reading).
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Summary: this book is one of the best!
Review: Paterson has written one of the best books on the market. A story of a true friendship that ends in one of the hardest ways imaginable, death. A book to make you laugh and cry. Excellent!! ;)
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Summary: Horrible book
Review: This book was horrible. I wish I could give this book NO stars. How anybody can enjoy this book is beyond me. The music teacher was a good influence, but the book was awful. This book is grossely overrated. I highly recommend that you don't read this book.
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Summary: The greatest book I ever read
Review: All I really want to say is that this book is the best I have read in a long time. I laughed, and cried, and thoroughly enjoyed it!
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Summary: Jess Aarons finds a b/friend in a new tomboy named Leslie.
Review: "The Bridge to Terabithia" is a excellent book. It all starts out with a boy named Jess Aarons who has practiced all summer to be the fastest in the fifth grade. His confidence is crushed when a new girl named Leslie Burke comes and sweeps right by him while racing. Jess is upset about this "tomboy" who has come to his school, and dislikes her at first. Leslie is a new girl who doesnt mind playing with boys, doesnt really fit in with girls, and has just won a race that obviously made a lot of boys mad. As time goes on, Jess and Leslie become friends. They start to spend all their time together, and soon are the best of friends. They take walks, talk, play, and even made their own kingdom called Terabithia. The author describes the setting very well, and has a way of showing the reader just how leslie and jess are together. There is a excellent description of Terabithia, and how their imagination runs wild. The two kids friendship grows so tight, and when faced with a terrible tragedy, it shows how it is handled and delt with. I think this book can realate well with young readers, and is a great book to have in your elementry classroom if your going to be a teacher. The book tells how Jess grows up from the summer of his fifth grade to the point where he is making decisions on his own, and having to deal with tragedy. The part that deals with the tragedy is very sad, but it does a great job showing the realities of life.
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Summary: A brilliant and compelling testimoney to love and friendship
Review: I do not think that I can put into words what I feel about this book. It is the best book I have ever read. It has changed the way I look at the world around me, and although this is an extremely personal response, I think that it is a book that everyone should read at some point in their life. For parents thinking about it for their kids, it is a tough book, so be sure that they are ready for it. But if they are mature enough, it is a truley wonderful book that all can benefit from.
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Summary: Magic in beautiful, simple language.
Review: For me, this book was a testimony to love, friendship, and courage. Through Leslie, Jesse learned to challenge and question the world around him...to expand his knowledge of the world outside the restrictive barriers imposed by the simple farm folk. Most importantly, Leslie taught Jesse about creativity and imagination. A dash of idealism ultimately could help Jesse paint his world however he decided.
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