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Bridge to Terabithia / Katherine Paterson ; illustrated by Donna Diamond.

By: Contributor(s): Publisher: New York : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2017Copyright date: ©1977Edition: Revised edition, 2017; Special 40th anniversary editionDescription: xi, 179 pages : illustrations ; 20 cmContent type:
  • text
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  • unmediated
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  • volume
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Contents:
Foreword by Kate DiCamillo -- One: Jesse Oliver Aarons, Jr. -- Two: Leslie Burke -- Three: The fastest kid in the fifth grade -- Four: Rulers of Terabithia -- Five: The giant killers -- Six: The coming of Prince Terrien -- Seven: The golden room -- Eight: Easter -- Nine: The evil spell -- Ten: The perfect day -- Eleven: No! -- Twelve: Stranded -- Thirteen: Building the bridge -- Author's note -- Katherine Paterson's Newbery Medal acceptance speech
Summary: Living in rural Virginia, ten-year-old Jess and Leslie become special friends as they create a magical secret world that they call Terabithia. But when a tragic accident causes Leslie's death during a storm, Jess is forced to face life aloneSummary: "This Newbery Medal-winning novel by bestselling-author Katherine Paterson has been a modern classic about friendship and loss for forty years. Jess Aarons has been practicing all summer so he can be the fastest runner in the fifth grade. And he almost is, until the new girl in school, Leslie Burke, outpaces him. The two become fast friends and spend most days in the woods behind Leslie's house, where they invent an enchanted land called Terabithia. One morning, Leslie goes to Terabithia without Jess and a tragedy occurs. it will take the love of his family and the strength that Leslie has given him for Jess to be able to deal with his grief."--Page [4] of cover
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Book NMC Library Stacks PZ7 .P273 Br 2017 Available 33039001461960

This edition includes: a foreword by Kate DiCamillo, an author's note, and Katherine Paterson's Newbery Medal acceptance speech

Foreword by Kate DiCamillo -- One: Jesse Oliver Aarons, Jr. -- Two: Leslie Burke -- Three: The fastest kid in the fifth grade -- Four: Rulers of Terabithia -- Five: The giant killers -- Six: The coming of Prince Terrien -- Seven: The golden room -- Eight: Easter -- Nine: The evil spell -- Ten: The perfect day -- Eleven: No! -- Twelve: Stranded -- Thirteen: Building the bridge -- Author's note -- Katherine Paterson's Newbery Medal acceptance speech

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