Bridge to Terabithia / by Katherine Paterson ; illustrated by Donna Diamond.
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TextSeries: Thorndike Press large print The literacy bridgePublication details: Waterville, Me. : Thorndike Press, 2007.Edition: Large print edDescription: 187 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN: - 0786296208 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 9780786296200 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- Newbery Medal, 1978.
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book
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Main Library | Children's Fiction | Paterson, Katherine | Checked out | 05/20/2024 | 33111005623026 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
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. In addition to being a Newbery Medal winner, 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.
The life of a ten-year-old boy in rural Virginia expands when he becomes friends with a newcomer who subsequently meets an untimely death trying to reach their hideaway, Terabithia, during a storm.
Newbery Medal, 1978.