Bridge to Terabithia Kindle Edition

The narrative describes the burgeoning friendship between two lonely children, Jesse Aarons and his new neighbour Leslie Burke. As the only boy in his family and expected to look after his sisters and run errands.

This book broke my heart and left me in tears when I finished up reading it. And I was not expecting it to be this sad and devastating in the end as I went into this children's classic blindly.The story tells about the blooming friendship between two kids, Jesse Aarons, and his new neighbour, Leslie Burke, two lonely kids. Jess being the only male child in his family and expected to take care of errands and his sisters; Leslie being an outcast and bullied at school.The story developed fine and the writing style made it feel like life becomes better with a friend, a sweet younger sibling who looks up to you, an understanding teacher and it's best to avoid negative people be it your family or so called 'friends'.It's the second half that the writing got intense and got me sobbing mad. It dealt with death and grief which I feel were handled well. I cried more so because I got too attached to these characters as well as their pet dog P.T.Leslie's character is delightful and memorable. She's such a nerd! And an amazing personality.Jess's character is amusing. He's that personality which says there's always sunshine after a rainy day.I love the fantasy world they built. It's something to be rejoiced and something for which a price had to be paid unfortunately.I didn't enjoy the stereotypes of body shaming, the way some characters were described and in some instances the unwelcomed violence in a book which is meant for children.But a memorable read indeed!

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Take it from someone who has more books than clothes, this is definitely pure and simple book.It's nice to know that children have such pure imagination and way of thinking.And it was delivered in right time and was in good condition

Reminded me of my childhood.The movie made me cry as a child and the book made me cry an adult.

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•Had underestimated this book while ordering it for my English project. Simply magnificent!•Right from Chapter 1 it's stimulating and at times, I even forgot that I am doing this for my project. A descriptive and sympathetic story, worthy of all honours and respects.•Puffin had done a beautiful job in presenting the book simple and attractive.•Thanks Amazon for delivering the book. No scratches on the cover nor any page folds.

When I read this book, I feel like I'm Jesse. This happens to me because I'm totally mesmerized by the story. I'm 19 and this story reminds my childhood days which will never come back in my life. However, the story is awesome and all the characters are depicted very skillfully by Paterson. I've seen the movie based on this book. But I think, once you have read the story, you don't have to watch the movie. Because this book itself is like a movie. You can see all the actions clearly in your imagination.This book is published by Puffin. So I don't want to say anything about book's quality. There are nice illustrations in the beginning of every chapter. The cover page is very impressive.In a nutshell, if you haven't read this book, you've missed a great opportunity.

I've noticed that a lot of reviewers have clearly come to the book after having watched the 2007 film, which leaves them surprised and often disappointed. The movie has quite a lot of elements of fantasy, particularly in the imaginary cosmos of Terabithia. However, despite Terabithia being part of the title, the fantastical aspects of Terabithia are of little importance in the wider story. This story at its heart is about learning to accept and openly be oneself, and to overcome fears, both external but moreso internal. Terabithia represents the safe haven where the protagonist, Jesse, is able to share his true being with his new (and only) friend, Leslie. Only with Leslie and his younger sister May Belle is Jesse able and willing to show the real him. In a certain sense, we like to believe that children should feel comfortable to be themselves around their family at home and friends and teachers at school; the unfortunate reality, however, is that just like in the book, this often is not the case. As the story draws to an end, Jesse is finally about to come to a realization that his ability to be himself and overcome fears is not restricted to just Terabithia, but that those powers are inside of himself and he can go forth anywhere in the future and just be Jesse; in essence, he learns to build the bridge from Terabithia to the wider world. The 2007 film attempts, in my opinion somewhat unsuccessfully, to couple this core theme with a child-friendly sense of wonder and imagination through a heightened element of the fantasticalness of Terabithia. If you want that sense of fantasy, this may not be the right book for you/your child. On the other hand, if you want to consider the idea of "underface" (as Shel Silverstein put it) vs. the mask/public persona we all wear at most places and times, then this is an important text to read.

Having watched the film years ago I knew the main plot but reading it has still hit me like a train. I hadn’t read the book as a child but wanted to read it before recommending it to my 9 year old son. He was a reluctant reader to start with and still isn’t as voracious as I was at that age but he’s loving books and I wanted to give him that experience that only a good book can. Some books for his age range can still be too challenging for him and I don’t want to put him off with something that just feels like hard work. I’ll definitely be passing Bridge to Terabithia to him.I think he’ll see himself in Jesse, the kid who’s more into sketching and animation than football, the middle child who finds his older sister bewildering and his little brother a childish annoyance.Some of the cultural references and language might be confusing or unfamiliar to a 2017 kid in the UK but the themes and characters will speak to him clearly across continents and four decades. It takes moments to learn that overalls are dungarees or that it used to be OK for kids to go playing in the woods on their own but friendships, family, love and loss are all as relevant today.It’s beautifully written, with warmth and a light touch of humour and at no point does it patronise the reader. It feels like a children’s novel that respects the thoughts and feelings of the children in it and the children who read it.

Bridge To Terabithia is a middle grade classic American book. I heard about this on Lauren’s blog called Northern Plunder. As soon as I read the book blurb I had to go ahead and get a copy, which I then read immediately.The story is set in the mid to late 1970s in rural Virginia. Jess is twelve years old and about to start a new school year. He’s the only boy in a house with four sisters; many day-to-day jobs fall on Jess and he longs for time to escape so he can draw. At the end of summer new neighbours arrive and their only child Leslie becomes firm friends with Jess. Together they create a make-believe world in the woods; while at school they face the bullies and support each other. This is a classic book read and studied by many students. It deals with everyday pressures and has touching elements which many readers can either concur with or can learn from. I’m very late getting to this book, nor have I seen the film made from it, but it was a very enjoyable way to spend a few reading hours.

Eu gosto muito da história, então quando vi essa edição em inglês, que estava bem barato(na época que eu comprei), comprei sem pensar duas vezes!Muito bom pra quem está estudando inglês e está no nível pré-intermediário à intermediário

I got this book thinking it was going to be fantasy, but it turned out to be something different. And it's ok.Jesse has to deal with bullies when he goes to school and a lot of trouble at home. This new friendship with Leslie gives him the opportunity to see the world is more than bullies and trouble. They build a fantasy world in their own minds, where they are free to be themselves. It's a good book about loss, about growing up and taking decisions without help or influence.I see Leslie as a metaphor. She was the point where Jesse starts to think about what he would like to do with his life. She is the defiance that could act as an inner voice for Jesse's wishes of what he would expect from life of from himself. She is the motivation and will that allowed Jesse to overcome his problems. And in the end he has to chose his own path.I just don't agree when the authors make all the magic disappear from the children's life as they grow up. If fantasy was just a child's gift there wouldn't be animators, cartoonists, artists, writer, game and toy designers...