Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
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Book Reviews of Bridge to Terabithia
Book Review: bridge to terabithia
Summary: 5 Stars
Cornwall N.Y. sixth grader
I am a sixth grader The Bridge to Terabithia is a very good book filled with action, excitement, adventure, and imagination. I really enjoyed this book a lot, I am normalcy picky about fiction book but this one stood out to me. I like the characters in this book a lot there names are Jess Aarons and Leslie Burke. I think these characters fit this book very well. This book is also very, very surprising I would like to tell u a very good part of the book that surprised me but, I wouldn't want to give away any very good parts of the book. One of the parts I will tell you about is when Jess is training all summer to be the fastest runner in the whole fifth grade but that all changed when he got a new neighbor Leslie Burke. It was the fist day back at school and all the kids were racing Jess thought he would be the fastest but, he was beaten buy Leslie. You are probably wondering why it is called the Bridge to Terabithia. Well it's called that because Leslie doesn't have a T.V. so she uses her imagination so one day she and Jess make an imaginary land were they go on many pretend quest to save there imaginary Kingdom. That is why i like this book alot.
Book Review: Indescribable
Summary: 5 Stars
Whoa. Talk about amazing! I just read this book for school and thought "Oh yeah just another book I might like" but no, it's way more than that. It's about this kid, named Jess. He's basically an outsider at his small town school, Lark Creek. He's just about the fifth grade and all he wants to be is the fastest kid. Just before school starts, he gets a new neighbor, Leslie and when she gets to school, people think she's strange because she has got really short, really imaginative and because she races with the boys on the playground. So the two of them make their own world, the kingdom of Terabithia. After a while, the two become really close. They hang out a lot, do things together and really start to have fun. Jess even becomes nicer to the weird teacher, Miss Edmunds. Then, a tragedy happens. This book tells much about friends, enemies and the way we deal with life. This is the most poignant,perceptive tale I have ever seen written in such a fabulous way. Please, please read this wonderful book about friendship and happiness. You will never really know what this book is like until you do. Also, make sure you keep some tissues around. I cried. A lot. But don't worry, it will all be for the better.Book Review: Amazing
Summary: 5 Stars
It is rare to stumble upon such an utterly beautiful book. "Bridge to Terabithia" follows Jesse's relationship with Leslie, a unique and intelligent girl, as they form the magical land of Terabithia, a world where they are King and Queen, protecting their land from invaders. Terabithia becomes an escape for both children, a treasured and sacred place where worries beyond the banks of the stream no longer exist.
You feel Jesse's pain as he is faced with a tragedy beyond measure. His tears are your tears. I know they were mine. The pain and anguish is real, his guilt is overwhelming. This is the first book in a while that has made me cry.
Yet, even though the tragedy is so real and melancholic, Jesse's overcoming of his sorrow is the real gem. When you finish the book, you are left with a feeling of fulfillment, a joy. It's a sort of happiness that, even though life can be unfair and bitter, it will always go on and those who are gone never really leave us.
Book Review: Brian's review
Summary: 5 Stars
really really liked this book, it was great! This was probably the greatest book I have ever read. On a scale of 1 to 10 I give it a 10, that is how good it was.
The main characters in this book are, Jess, Leslie and their dog P.T.. the main theme in this book is Terabithia their imaginary world. Jess thought he was going to be the fastest kid in the fifth grade, which does not happen because the new girl Leslie Burke beat him to the finish. Jess and Leslie ended up being best friends and King and Queen of Terabithia. Jess gave Leslie P.T. for Christmas and P.T. became Prince Terrien.
I think you should read the book before you see the movie because you can understand what is going on better. If you like Katherine Paterson's books you will love this one. I personally think this is the greatest book ever made. Once you get into it a little you are going to be hooked , you will never want to put it down. This is a very sad book, you might even cry.
Book Review: Tender story of friendship and loss
Summary: 5 Stars
Jess is a square peg living in rural Virginia where his family and classmates all seem conventional and shallow. Not until he meets Leslie, the new neighbour girl, does he come to realise just how much more world there is out there for an artistic soul such as himself; Leslie (whose writer parents have given up their tv and moved away from the city to give their daughter a better childhood) is an imaginative, precocious girl who shows Jess a fantasy world that changes his life forever.
Most of the story is about their blossoming friendship, but it is the final few chapters, which deal with tragedy and Jess's experience with grief that are so compelling and sensitively written.
This is a true classic for intermediate-aged children.