Bridge to Terabithia

Bridge to Terabithia is a book about two fifth-graders who pretend to live in a magical forest kingdom called Terabithia in order to combat how ostracized they both feel. It was written by Katherine Paterson and published in 1977.

The first time I knew anything about this book was a sentence example from an elementary school textbook. I recognized the example about 15 years later when I first read the book. I was inspired to read the book after seeing that it was being made into a movie. I read the book and adored it, then watched the movie, and was thoroughly disappointed. I have since found out that the book was first made into a movie in 1985, but I have yet to see it.

Review

Good

• The book is well-written, exciting, and interesting through the whole story.
• I love the friendship that grows between Jess and Leslie.
• I like how it explains that bullies are often made that way due to things outside their control and should be helped rather than hurt.
• The book hits you hard right in the feels.

Bad

• Leslie's atheism is seen as a punishment worthy of hell by the townsfolk, and in the end, while there is some acquiescence from Jess's father, they don't really change. While this is pretty accurate toward reality, I would have preferred a more happy outcome.

Ugly

• Nothing.

Links

• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridge_to_Terabithia_(novel) - Wikipedia.