While you would imagine the two would not get along, they end up being the best of friends after a slightly uncertain start. Jess has been practicing all summer long by running through the fields surrounding his family’s farmhouse, and he would have been the fastest if, on the first day of school, Leslie hadn’t shown up and outrun everyone, even the boys. Bridge to Terabithia is a poignant story about a new friendship between Leslie Burke, the new girl at school, and Jess Aarons, who wants to be the fastest runner in fifth grade. When Katherine Paterson’s son David was eight years old, his friend Lisa Hill was struck by lightning and died. This book was inspired by a real tragedy that happened in 1976. It has also been made into two different movies, one was a feature film, and one was a TV movie. Bridge to Terabithia won the Newbery Medal in 1978 and other significant awards.
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