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Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson

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jgurniak's review against another edition

3.0

It's a cute story with a sad ending but I don't understand why it is as popular as it is. It's a honestly not that exciting and is nothing more than cute.

pamcakes33's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional inspiring sad fast-paced

5.0

eponineeurydice's review against another edition

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5.0

I couldn't put this down. I don't even have words, but I highly reccomend. It's such an emotional and timeless and BEAUTIFUL story, and I think it's one of those books that everyone needs to read. It's simple and sweet and the characters just leap off the page, even if a certain music teacher seems... questionable. But that's totally beside the point. A wonderful story, read it now. :)

randombookreads's review against another edition

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4.0

3.5 stars

earl_3's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

harmonyln7's review against another edition

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adventurous lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

The story of regular life for a family and a new neighboring family. The main character and the daughter of the new family become friends and invent a fantsay or magical land as a place only they can escape to. It's a fine children's book with an element of adventure and fantasy to it, but I didn't like the way the ending played out. One of the characters dies and forsome reason everyone is far too quick to return to normal life, almost as though they're erasing the character's existence, even by their own family.

mdevlin923's review against another edition

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3.0

Jesse Aarons is excited for the start of school, where he will have his chance to win the traditional foot races that happens between the upper elementary boys...and therefore finally impress his father. But the new girl, Leslie Burke, wins the race and "ruins" it for the boys. Despite their rocky start, Jesse and Leslie become the best of friends. Together, they create the imaginary land of Terabithia, which they visit almost every day. But in early spring, after torrential rain, Jesse doesn't want to visit Terabithia; and the perfect excuse arrives: Miss Edmunds (the music teacher that he has a crush on) invites him to a special trip to the museum. He returns after a perfect day to find out that Leslie drowned in the river on the way to Terabithia. Jesse must navigate the grief he is feeling: from denial to anger to acceptance.

While it's a beautiful story about true friendship (and how it can affect someone) and the loss of a friend and how children might move on...it's definitely a product of it's time.