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Bridge to Terabithia
by Katherine Paterson
This beautiful YA book was written over 40 years ago and is just as readable today as it would have been when it was first published. Ten year old Jess is determined to be the fastest runner in the fifth grade, so he practices all summer long. Right at the end of summer, he notices that someone has moved into the old Perkins place next door. His new neighbour is Leslie, who confounds all of his ideas of what a friend should be. Despite Leslie beating him and all the other fifth graders in their first running races of the new school year, she and Jess soon become best friends. Walking near their properties, they discover an old crab apple tree near a dry creek bed with a rope swing hanging on it. Leslie declares their new land "Terabithia" and proclaims them King and Queen of Terabithia. As the school year moves on their friendship deepens until an unthinkable tragedy happens. Jess is able to draw on the power of Terabithia and the love of his family to move on.