Bridge to Terabithia
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middle school curriculums
Bridge to Terabithia is a staple of many middle school literary curriculums; however, it is one of the most challenged books in school systems across the country. Opponents of this book preposterously assert that it has references to witchcraft and Satanism. I read this book in 5th grade and gathered no references to the use of magic at all. The book involves two children having imaginary adventures in the imaginary land of Terabithia. Such imaginary games are common for children. Yet some ...more
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Read in November, 1995
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When I read this in fourth grade, I loved it because it was enchanting, and reminded me very much of 'secret hideouts' I made with friends at the same age. When I read it again later in life, aloud to my younger brother and sister ages 10 and 12, I was choking back tears to keep reading aloud, and they were crying. If you've never read it (or, I suppose now, seen the movie) beware, this review is a spoiler! What I have learned from this book is that our assumptions about children and what is &qu...more
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Read in March, 2008
The unlikely friendship between Jess and Leslie begins at school after they compete against each other in a school race. They are drawn together as friends because they both feel "different," and they come to respect and support each other's unique talents. Together they create an imaginary kingdom in the woods, called Terabithia. In Terabithia, where Jess is King and Leslie is Queen, they feel strong and free. They talk, share ideas, and have a lot of fun. For the first time, Jess dar...more
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Read in June, 2007
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I think this is the only book in the entire univers where I saw the movie before I read the book, I HATE doing that! I had friends coming from out of town and we saw it with them, and my friend had already read the book. Usually , of course movies leave out so much, but she said it was basically the same. (For anyone curious, yes, I cried when Leslie died.)
Well, I'm going to be honest, she wasn't exactly my "friend", I actualy truly despised her but our mothers were good friends, b...more
Well, I'm going to be honest, she wasn't exactly my "friend", I actualy truly despised her but our mothers were good friends, b...more
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Read in February, 2008
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Lark Creek was the backwash of fashion. It took them a long time to accept there what everyone could see by their TV’s was OK anywhere else.
It made Jess ache inside to watch his dad grab the little ones to his shoulder, or lean down and hug them. It seemed to him that he had been thought too big for that since the day he was born.
It was the beginning of a new season in his life, and he chose deliberately to make it so.
Gary Fulcher could go to you-know-where and wa...more
Lark Creek was the backwash of fashion. It took them a long time to accept there what everyone could see by their TV’s was OK anywhere else.
It made Jess ache inside to watch his dad grab the little ones to his shoulder, or lean down and hug them. It seemed to him that he had been thought too big for that since the day he was born.
It was the beginning of a new season in his life, and he chose deliberately to make it so.
Gary Fulcher could go to you-know-where and wa...more
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Read in January, 1984
This is one of the books that taught me that Books Can Hurt. It was part of what I now consider to be my fourth grade teacher's reign of terror - she read Where the Red Fern Grows and Bridge to Terabithia out loud to us (and those are just the books I was in her class for), and I seriously think she did it for the days when, inevitably, the entire class would spend the afternoon weeping at our desks.
That said, though - and it needed to be said - this is a good book; it was so engaging...more
That said, though - and it needed to be said - this is a good book; it was so engaging...more
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Read in January, 2008
Okay like... at the beginning, I thought it was an okay book... but when I came to the part when Leslie died, it made me cry :<. I accually never thought there was going to be a problem within the book and thought that it was just a kind of book that was a life lesson one, kinda boring but meaningful.. so it strucked me by surprise that she died! The way how the author described the book.. it was like I was Jess, losing the one thing that held him together... it hurts.. call me wierd, I don't...more
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The movie got so much hype that I decided that I would read the book to my kids before letting them see the movie. I hate how so many movies are comming out about classic books. I personally feel it is discouraging kids to read. I understand that lots of movies are based on books, but it seems that a new trend is to make movies based on really popular books. Anyway, I wanted my kids to hear the book before seeing the movie. I actually wasn't impressed with this book at all. It moved pretty...more
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Read in February, 2006
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This 1978 Newberry Award winner tells the story of lonely fifth-grader Jesse Aarons who befriends a new girl Leslie Burke. Together they create a magical kingdom (Terabithia) of the woods near their home accessible only by rope swing. When Jesse is on a trip to the city with his beloved music teacher, Leslie visits Terabithia alone and dies after the rope swing breaks.
This is a beautifully written story that very thoughtfully deals with the subject of death and grieving. I also felt validate...more
This is a beautifully written story that very thoughtfully deals with the subject of death and grieving. I also felt validate...more
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Bridge to Terabithia is a book about a boy and a girl who finds something special about each other. They are determined to be friends, not only because they have never had them, but because of the hope of having someone to depend on. Both the boy and the girl have no one to be accountable for, so they begin to build trust within. The boy shows the girl his hiding spot, and one day she decides to go there alone, alone when there is a high tide. The tide sweeps the girl away and the boy ne...more
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Jessie Aarons doesn't feel like he has alot going for himself. Adults don't appreciate his artistic talents and he trained all summer to be the fastest runner in fifth grade but the new next door neighbor Leslie beats all the boys in the entire school on the first day. Jessie overcomes his pride and befriends Leslie who is feeling lonely and outcasted. Their special friendship grows in Terabithia, a fantasy play world they have made up in the woods. It is their secret spot that no one knows abou...more
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Read in February, 2008
I remember reading this as a child and that it was one of my favorite books. It was nostalgic for me to read it again. One of the girls in book club picked it to read for this month and I thought it was a great idea. I do have to say that it was a little disappointing to me this time around - I remember it having more of an effect on me when I was younger; then again I have to remember that this is juvenile fiction. It is poignant and short, a little underdeveloped in my opinion, and ended r...more
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Read in January, 2008
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Read in January, 1990
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This, along with Where the Red Fern Grows, probably impacted me the most growing up. The really good books, regardless of genre or audience, make such an imprint on you that you can recall certain lines or moments with perfect clarity. This books so perfectly renders its characters, settings, and imagination of these two characters that it simply takes your breath away. As I recall, her prose is not flowery and ornate, but as plain and simple as Jess, and as life-changing as Leslie. It's the cla...more
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I read this for the first time when I was 8 and just thought it was a good but sad book. When I heard the movie was coming out, I hunted it down in my bookshelves and reread it. And that was when I really realized how very well-written it was, especially the way Paterson wrote about a special friendship and imagination, without making it sappy. Jess meets Leslie at school, both are outsiders and soon after they become best friends. Leslie has a wild imagination and is able to draw Jess away fro...more
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Read in February, 2007
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This book might have been banned, but it is still as good as ever.
Katherine Patterson has written a masterpiece with this book. It potrays how two kids, one an ignorant farm boy, the other a smart and pretty back-to-basic child froma privledged family can get toghether and be good friends. It's like a magical moment, when people from different classes can live together harmoniously. The ending, so tragic, well potrays how fragile life is...
That heartrobbing tradgedy, and that endless griefha...more
Katherine Patterson has written a masterpiece with this book. It potrays how two kids, one an ignorant farm boy, the other a smart and pretty back-to-basic child froma privledged family can get toghether and be good friends. It's like a magical moment, when people from different classes can live together harmoniously. The ending, so tragic, well potrays how fragile life is...
That heartrobbing tradgedy, and that endless griefha...more
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