Bridge to Terabithia
A Newbery Award Winner
On Sale: 07/01/2008
Bridge to Terabithia
A Newbery Award Winner
On Sale: 07/01/2008
Format:
School Library Journal Best Book
Library of Congress Children’s Books
Horn Book Fanfare
Virginia Young Readers Award
Lewis Carroll Shelf Award
ALA Notable Children’s Book
Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award
Newbery Medal
About the Book
This beloved Newbery Medal-winning novel by bestselling author Katherine Paterson is a modern classic of friendship and loss. This paperback edition is rack size.
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.
Bridge to Terabithia was also named an ALA Notable Children’s Book and has become a touchstone of children’s literature, as have many of Katherine Paterson’s other novels, including The Great Gilly Hopkins and Jacob Have I Loved.
Critical Praise
“Set in contemporary rural America, the story is one of remarkable richness and depth, beautifully written.” — The Horn Book
“Eloquent and assured.” — Kirkus Reviews
15 Banned Books Every Tween and Teen Should Read — Brightly
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Product Details
- ISBN: 9780060734015
- ISBN 10: 0060734019
- Imprint: HarperTeen
- On Sale: 07/01/2008
- Pages: 208
- List Price:12.50 CAD
- Ages: 8 to 12
- BISAC1 : JUVENILE FICTION / Classics
- BISAC2 : JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Death & Dying
- BISAC3 : JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Friendship