![]() Book name: Bridge to Terabithia Author: Katherine Paterson Genre: Children's story, coming of age Goodreads: Link Storygraph: Link This coming of age novel set in a rural Southern town depicts the life of Jesse, a fifth grader with limited aspirations and prospects whose imagination and creativity is awakened by the arrival of Leslie and affluent, educated girl from the big city where they together create a make believe world of Terabithia where they are able to express and explore their creativity without the confines of societal expectations and realities of life. While being a very short novel, the novel has an exceptional cast of multi-dimensional characters who go beyond the stereotypes of their characters and circumstances. The tragedy in the novel and the way characters process and deal with grief is simply devastating and is handled in a very believable manner. Many also remember the film from the Disney adaption which made more explicit the 'Fantasy' aspect of the novel which is an area I felt was lacking in the novel given its lack of descriptions of the fantastical world that the children had created. Nevertheless a really great novel. Favourite Quotes
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