Bridge to Terabithia
by Katherine Paterson
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Book Reviews of Bridge to Terabithia
Book Review: Lessons Galore: Grief, Financial Challenges, Compassion, Differences, Sameness, Love...
Summary: 5 Stars
Last Spring, I sat at my desk and heard my nine-year-old daughter, Emma, making some gulping sounds from the couch across the room. Then I heard some unusual, animal-type sounds from her direction. I saw the book she was holding bob up and down. I looked past the book to her face and there were tears streaming down her cheeks.
Right then she broke out in deep, heaving sobs.
We went to see the movie shortly after that - and we both sobbed, even when we knew what was coming. I think I even said, "Oh, no," aloud to the screen, as if my dismay could change the outcome.
It took me several months to have the courage to read this book - and I am glad that I finally did.
Bridge the Terabithia is the story of a young boy named Jess from a not-so-well-off family whose only dream - to be the fastest kid in school - who befriends the girl who snatches that dream away from him by running faster than any of the boys at Lark Creek School. Turns out Leslie - the girl, who moves into an old farmhouse near Jess' house - becomes one of Jess' great life teachers in more ways than one.
Together they create the magical land of Terabithia, a place in the woods that becomes a safe haven as well as a place to come to understand some things that can't be explained using "regular" terms... to "regular kids"... Jess and Leslie are neither.
This book is written, I am guessing, for fifth and sixth graders, primarily, but even younger children through adults could glean a lot from its pages. It could be seen as a simple story, but there are many layers to it.
Parents ought to read it, too, so they can discuss the variety of issues that are raised in the pages - from parents being laid off, to art and music, to understanding and compassion, to dealing with difficult siblings and how to get along with others.
Excellent read.
Book Review: Bridge to Kcs
Summary: 4 Stars
What if you could go away to a special that, a land where you had to imangine everything to see it. Well this is the land of Terabithia, Jess and Leslie. Jesses Oliver Aaron, Jr. is in the the fifth grade and want to be the fastest runner in his class. He is also a very good artist. Leslie Burke is also in the fifth grade, and she is the fastest in the class. She has a strong imagination mind. This takes place in sort of earlier times, Terabithia, Lark Creed Elemantary, and in Jesses Farm.
Jesses wasn't the person anyone wanted to hang around and wasn't very social. Until he met Leslie who completley change the way how he saw everything and slowly started changing. The theme is that when something bad happends, you can't let it affect your present life. You have to let go and move on. Brige to Terathita, what the title means is that, basically all it was, was a brige to get to Terabithia.
Leslie moves into the house next to Jesses. They don't talk to each other at first, but then when they start school they see each other again. They still don't talk, Leslie wants to have friends but Jesses doesn't. One day Leslie talks to Jesses, they don't really understand each other at first, but as they spend more time together they become better friends everyday. One day something horrible happen and to find out read the book.
This book was very easy to read. The pacing starts off really slow then speeds up alittle. This was from a third person view. I think that this was written is a Christian Perspective. I recommend this to people who want to finish a book fast for no reason.
Book Review: Young readers don't like being preached to anymore than you or I do
Summary: 3 Stars
This is a book with a mission, and with an agenda to accomplish. I did not like this book one bit when I was made to read it, and I always loved books. I was the kid you couldn't get to play a video game with you because I was probably reading a book 4 grade levels above me. I sympathize with the young reviewers who say they didn't like it either.
It *is* a boring book, for kids. Young reviewers are not being petulant or exercising undeveloped literary judgment when they say so. Adults may be compelled by interior drama and socio-economic details. I was merely confused and bored. The class/wealth issues with the families were completely lost on me. And when the climax of the book occurred, I remember being really *really* pissed. I was enough of a reader to know what the writer did there, and transparently why: to "teach" me about something I "needed" to know about the unfairness of life. No, really?
It's heavy handed, and any honest child knows that, and resents being tricked.
This is still a worthwhile book for young readers. A number of kids will always love it every year. But if some young people tell you they don't like the book, it isn't because it "breaks all the childhood rules" of living in a death-denying fantasy world. It's because it's a transparent, heavy-handed, didactic tome and kids don't like being tricked or preached to anymore than you or I do.
Book Review: WHY WOULD YOU ALLOW YOUR CHILD TO READ THIS??
Summary: 1 Stars
My daughter got this for her birthday. I hated this book!! The story is fine. Maybe kids might get something deep from this but I doubt it. From the first page, the characters are all dark and ugly to each other. There is no respect shown for any authority figure in the book from parents to teachers. There is no love or respect between any siblings. There are plenty of cuss words throughout the book. There are illusions to a child/teacher inappropriate relationship. There is a whole discussion about God d---- people to h---. The words in this book can't be typed in this review, so why would you allow your child to read them?? The death of the child holds no meaning, because I didn't feel anything for any of the characters and there's no great lesson in the death either. There are lots of references to killing people "by the childen"! Such things like "I'd like to kill him/her" said repeatedly, like it's ok to say that. The parents are portrayed as insignificant and stupid. There are illusions that the boy may turn out gay because he draws. There are lots of mean remarks about fat people. I have no idea how this book got an award and why it has 800 star reviews. I only know I am sick that my daughter got this book as a gift and read it before I checked it out. There is nothing edifying in this book whatsoever and I'm probably on damage control for the next 6 months with my child.Book Review: cornwall new york i am a sixth grader the 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.