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Bridge to Terabithia / Katherine Paterson ; illustrated by Donna Diamond.
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Paterson, Katherine, author.
- DiCamillo, Kate, author of foreword.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Virginia--History--20th century--Fiction.
- Friendship--Juvenile fiction.
- Friendship.
- Death--Juvenile fiction.
- Death.
- Imaginary places--Juvenile fiction.
- Imaginary places.
- Virginia--Juvenile fiction.
- Virginia.
- Death--Fiction.
- Friendship--Fiction.
- Imaginary places--Fiction.
- Virginia--Fiction.
- Genre:
- Juvenile literature -- 1977.
- Fantasy fiction.
- Fiction.
- Juvenile works.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 179 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
- Edition:
- Revised edition, 2017.
- Special 40th anniversary edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2017.
- Summary:
- 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.
- "This Newbery Medal-winning novel by bestselling-author Katherine Paterson has been a modern classic about friendship and loss for forty years. 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"-- Page [4] of cover.
- Contents:
- Foreword by Kate DiCamillo
- One: Jesse Oliver Aarons, Jr.
- Two: Leslie Burke
- Three: The fastest kid in the fifth grade
- Four: Rulers of Terabithia
- Five: The giant killers
- Six: The coming of Prince Terrien
- Seven: The golden room
- Eight: Easter
- Nine: The evil spell
- Ten: The perfect day
- Eleven: No!
- Twelve: Stranded
- Thirteen: Building the bridge
- Author's note
- Katherine Paterson's Newbery Medal acceptance speech.
- Notes:
- Newbery Medal, 1978.
- This edition includes: a foreword by Kate DiCamillo, an author's note, and Katherine Paterson's Newbery Medal acceptance speech.
- Newbery Medal, 1978
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Beardwood Fund bookplate.
- ISBN:
- 9780690013597
- 0690013590
- 9780064401845
- 0064401847
- OCLC:
- 984690766
- Online:
- Publisher description
- Contributor biographical information
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