TY  - BOOK
AU  - Paterson,Katherine
AU  - Diamond,Donna
TI  - Bridge to Terabithia
AV  - PZ7 .P273 Br 2017
PY  - 2017///
CY  - New York
PB  - Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
KW  - Friendship
KW  - Juvenile fiction
KW  - Death
KW  - Imaginary places
KW  - Virginia
N1  - 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; Ages 8-12
N2  - 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 alone; "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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