Bridge to Terabithia
by Katherine Paterson · first published 1972
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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.
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…books: The BFG, James and the Giant Peach, Matilda, The Twits, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory/The Great Glass Elevator (not as good) My Side of the Mountain No More Dead Dogs The Secret Garden Bridge to Terabithia (Deals with death, a little older) The Lion, the witch, and the wardrobe Across five Aprils (civil war historical fiction, older) The Broken Blade (Voyageur) & Sequel Island of the blue dolphins The…
on “The original “Bambi”” ↗…worried that the kinds of books that changed my life between ages 8 and 12 are falling by the wayside. Is there room for the thoughtful, serious, beautiful young-person’s novel in 2024? Can you publish Bridge to Terabithia in the age of Captain Underpants? ...Uh, come the 90s, Bridge to Terabithia was a required reading book that I don't think anyone my age cared about. The popular series I remember were, in no particular…
on “Book people think they know why 9-year-olds stop reading for fun” ↗The book Bridge to Terabithia (of which a 2007 film was adapted) was at number 8 on the ALA's list of frequently challenged books because: "The censorship attempts stem from death being a part of the plot; Jess' frequent use of the…
on “U.S. Government Shuts Down 84,000 Websites, ‘By Mistake’” ↗…There are many childhoods worth of incredible books already available. I'm not weeping for struggling authors. If they write something incredible it will be noticed, if they don't then just like you said Bridge to Terabithia, Nancy Drew, Redwall, HP, The Hardy Boys, Chronicles of Narnia, Eragon, etc, etc, etc. still exist.
on “Book people think they know why 9-year-olds stop reading for fun” ↗> ...Uh, come the 90s, Bridge to Terabithia was a required reading book that I don't think anyone my age cared about > I think it's much simpler, adults don't know what kids are interested in Pretty much everyone I know (including myself) who…
on “Book people think they know why 9-year-olds stop reading for fun” ↗> Uh, come the 90s, Bridge to Terabithia was a required reading book that I don't think anyone my age cared about. Exactly. It's a book adults think kids should read (because literature or whatever), not a book that kids actually care a rip…
on “Book people think they know why 9-year-olds stop reading for fun” ↗…Eddings, Robin Hobb (depending on reading level and expectations) ... And there are plenty of non-series books for that age group as well - Kiki's Delivery Service, Howl's Moving Castle - they mentioned Bridge to Terabithia too... The idea that reading isn't possible for young kids without the next black swan publishing/cinematic/theme-park experience, or that there just isn't anything other than Harry Potter to read seems…
on “Book people think they know why 9-year-olds stop reading for fun” ↗…to bed. I didn't know the story going in. At least if I was their age, I wouldn't have reacted to the end. I didn't become sensitive to tragedy until I was in my 20s, except that I cried when I read Bridge to Terabithia when I was 10 or 11.
on “Our narrative prison” ↗