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Una tarde de verano, Jess y Leslie deciden adentrarse en el bosque. Algo incríble les está esperando. Cierran los ojos y abren bien la mente y todo aquello que había imaginado se hace realidad. Más allá del camino, más allá del río les espera un mundo mágico, fantástico y lleno de aventuras, les espera: Terabithia.

from notecard for class in 2004:

Rating: 3- (out of a 3 star system?)

Summary: A boy learns some unusual lessons about life when he befriends an "unusual" girl, whom teaches him to imagine, and helps encourage his artistic side. The lessons he's learned from her will eventually help him deal with her tragic accidental death, and enables him to bring the world of "Terabithia" to his own sister as well.

RL: 4.6; IL: MG

The story Bridge to Terabithia is about a boy that meets this girl that comes to live down the road from him. In the story the boy and girl make up a magic kingdom that they are the king and queen of and they rule the land. In the story the boy and girl fight goblins and giants in there magical kingdom. In the story there is a tragedy that accrues the little girl. The boy has to learn to deal with the pain of losing someone that he really cares for.

The book was very personal to me to have to see how a child would go through if they lost a friend that they were really close to. One of the conflicts in this story is person verse self because the boy has to deal with struggles in his thoughts.

If you have a child in your class room that have dealt with someone dying this would be a good book to read and discuses how they would feel if someone close to the passed away. After you have read this book to your class you could also have them to tell if they have every made-up a magical kingdom that they would go to with friends and you could have them draw pictures of there kingdoms that they have made-up.