5/5stars

I've never heard my fifth graders get more into something than they did at the end of chapter 10 lol the shock and screaming was so genuine

I love this story and my fifth graders seemed to really love it too!!

When I was at school, I was invisible, a girl with bushy hair with her nose in the books to be mocked and teased. Then I grew up to understand that it's good to be different, that blending in is not the only way out. I wish I understood it from the beginning.

n  As for the terrors ahead - for he did not fool himself that they were all behind him - well, you just have to stand up to your fear and not let it squeeze you white. Right, Leslie?
Right.n

A world created by the mind. A nice story for children and children like. Almost same with the movie but still it's nice to imagine the world in the words.

A 3stars rating for life is not sometimes all imagination we have to face reality what it is.

اینقدر متاثرم که نمیتونم فکرهامو جمع کنم... برای خودآزاری بیشتر بعد خواندن کتابش دوباره فیلمش رو دیدم و من چقدر جسی و ازلی و همه‌ی شخصیت‌های این کتاب رو دوست دارم (به جز دوتا خواهر بزرگه‌ی جسی که انگار خواهرای سیندرلان!

Reading Rush: Day 2
Fulfilled the movie prompt.

Apparently the zenith of classic MG tearjerkers, only I made the mistake of reading it to my daughter immediately after we finished WHERE THE RED FERN GROWS, and this pales in comparison.

They're remarkably similar boy coming-of-age stories, but everybody in this one is less likable, and the sense of place and time feels penciled in. Worst of all, the kids sing The Carpenters' "Sing, Sing a Song" on the way to church, which I haven't heard in fifty years, but probably heard a thousand times when I was their age, and I never, ever wanted to hear it again.

Bridge to Terabithia, Katherine Paterson
Bridge to Terabithia is a work of children's literature about two lonely children who create a magical forest kingdom in their imaginations. It was written by Katherine Paterson and was published in 1977 by Thomas Crowell. In 1978, it won the Newbery Medal. Paterson drew inspiration for the novel from a real event that occurred in August 1974 when her son's friend was struck dead by lightning.
In the novel, Paterson illustrates the life of an artistic young boy named Jess Aarons and the burdens and hardships of his home life, such as his duties on his family's farm and the constant agitations and annoyances of his four sisters. He has straw-colored hair and long legs. Leslie Burke is an intelligent, wealthy girl who has just moved into "the old Perkins place" down the road from him. He is initially cold toward her. After having trained all summer to become his class's fastest runner, he is infuriated when she outruns him in a recess footrace. After further negative experiences with classroom tormentors or rivals, including Gary Fulcher, Jess eagerly anticipates the arrival of music class due to his infatuation for its beautiful young teacher, Miss Edmunds. However, on the day it begins, he discovers a fondness for Leslie, eccentric and ostracized, and they develop a friendship. He marvels at the way she genuinely likes to read and write, not just to impress their teacher, and the way she makes running look beautiful and effortless (not that he would ever actually say anything of the sort). On a sunny day, Jess and Leslie use a rope to swing over a creek, and they decide to design an imaginary sanctuary from the burdens and pains of everyday life. They reign as monarchs, calling their domain Terabithia and constructing a small refuge in which their imaginary escapades take place. At school, Jess and Leslie are challenged by an older bully named Janice Avery, whom they immensely detest. After she steals a package of Twinkies from Jess' younger sister May Belle's lunch, they forge a romantic letter under the disguise of Willard Hughes, the object of Janice's infatuation, setting her up for misunderstanding. The plan is successful, exposing her to public mortification. Later, Leslie encounters her sobbing in the girls' bathroom. ...
تاریخ نخستین خوانش: روز یازدهم ماه آگوست سال 2006 میلادی
عنوان: پ‍ل‍ی‌ ب‍ه‌س‍وی‌ ت‍راب‍ی‍ت‍ی‍ا (ب‍رن‍ده‌ م‍دال‌ ن‍ی‍وب‍ری‌ از ام‍ری‍ک‍ا؛ در سال 1978 میلادی)؛ ن‍وی‍س‍ن‍ده‌: ک‍ات‍ری‍ن‌ پ‍ات‍رس‍ون‌؛ ت‍ص‍وی‍رگ‍ر: دون‍ا دی‍ام‍ون‍د؛ م‍ت‍رج‍م‌: ن‍س‍ری‍ن‌ وک‍ی‍ل‍ی‌ (وک‍ی‍ل‌)؛ ت‍ه‍ران‌: دس‍ت‍ان‌، 1383؛ در 184 ص، مصور؛ شابک: ایکس - 964764230؛ موضوع: داستانهای نوجوانان از نویسندگان امریکایی - سده 20 م
عنوان: پلی به سوی ترابیتیا؛ نویسنده: کاترین پاترسون؛ تصویرگر: دون‍ا دی‍ام‍ون‍د؛ مترجم: سحر بشارتی‌راد؛ تهران: آسو، ‏‫1397؛ در 188 ص؛ شابک: 9786008755425؛
تنها پسر یک خانواده پرشمار «جس»، همیشه تنهاست. بزرگترین آرزویش، برنده شدن در مسابقه ی دویدن، بین کلاس پنجمیهاست. همه ی تابستان دلمشغول تمرینات دو بوده، و برای شکست دادن همکلاسیهایش لحظه شماری میکند. در نخستین روز مدرسه، دختری به نام «لزلی»، که شاگردی تازه است، با جسارت وارد زمین بازی پسرها شده، از همه جلو میزند. با اینحال بین «جس» و «لزلی»، دوستی ناگسستنی برقرار میشود. آن دو با هم «ترابیتیا» را میآفرینند؛ سرزمینی جادویی در جنگل، سرزمینی که هر دو، به عنوان پادشاه و ملکه، در آن حکمرانی میکنند. یکروز در غیاب «جس» رخدادی ترسناک برای «لزلی» رخ میدهد. «جس» در برابر از دست دادن دوستش «لزلی»، واکنشی قهرمانانه و شگفت انگیز ندارد. سوگواری را تاب میآورد، و سختیها را پشت سر میگذارد. در پایان «جس» با این تراژدی کنار میآید، و سرانجام میتواند، پلی به سوی «ترابیتیا» بزند، و خواهر کوچکش را، به عنوان فردی تازه، در فرمانروایی آن سرزمین، شریک میکند. به این ترتیب است که «جس» درمییابد، «لزلی» چه تاثیر شگرفی، در او ایجاد کرده، و چه توانایی و شجاعتی، به او بخشیده است. نویسنده در این داستان، از فاصله ی نوجوانان با دیگر اعضای خانواده، از نقش ورزش و هنر برای جبران تنهایی، از دوستی، و از معجزه ی خیال، برای پاسخگویی به نیاز نوجوانان، میگویند، و به خوانشگر نوجوان خود، شجاعت و توان میبخشد. این کتاب جوایز بسیاری از جمله: مدال نیوبری سال 1978 میلادی را، از آن خود کرده، و ترجمه ی فارسی کتاب نیز، از سوی شورای کتاب کودک، در سال 1384 هجری خورشیدی، به عنوان اثر ویژه، برگزیده شده است. ‬ا. شربیانی

I first took a liking to this book because Jesse is a runner. He reminded me of my younger self, as I was always proud to run cross country and perform as starter for my school’s relay racing team. His passion resonated with me deeply, which was lovely.

n  n    “Sometimes it seemed to him that his life was delicate as a dandelion. One little puff from any direction, and it was blown to bits.”n  n

Bridge to Terabithia follows a friendship between a young boy and girl, Jesse and Leslie. The two become acquaintances almost immediately upon Leslie’s move into the town. Together they create an imaginary kingdom in the woods called Terabithia, as their way of escaping reality.

Jesse was easily my favourite thing about this book. I enjoyed hearing about his love for running and art of any kind. It also made me happy to see Katherine Paterson comment on gender roles through her characters, making it so that they didn’t have to conform to anyone’s expectations.

I found much of this story quite uneventful, though perhaps it’s meant to be that way due to central themes of simple friendship and grief. Regardless, I wished for something more from this book. I know this is a tale that broke the hearts of many, but I felt there wasn’t enough time to truly understand the characters before tragedy struck. Considering this is a book largely based on teaching about hurt and healing, I was surprised at how the ending was glossed over, leaving Jesse with little to no closure.

I definitely enjoyed Katherine Patterson’s writing, and can easily see why Bridge to Terabithia resonates with people of all ages!

I just re-read the book before watching the movie. I'm sure I read it as a kid, but I'm reviewing this as an adult.

This book is sad. It's like My Girl. The characters are innocent and fun, and the world they create with their minds is playful. However, tragedies of this kind are not my thing. It seems that the point of the book is the tragedy, to have a boy's friend die. I'd rather spend my time reading something a little more up-beat.

I've said this before, I don't at all mind characters dying, and I love certain tragedies. This one is just a little too simple to really fire me up, and it just succeeds in making me depressed.

It was time for him to pay back to the world in beauty and caring what Leslie had loaned him in vision and strength.

Ha, I just finished this book in a puddle, which surprised me, because I have read it before. I read it with my youngest granddaughter, when she was about eight, and I don’t remember if I cried then, but I wouldn’t be surprised.

It is a beautiful, sweet, poignant story. So perfect for a young person , or apparently for an old one. It was on a list of banned books.

“ Bridge To Terabithia has stayed in the top 100 banned/challenged books since it's publication. Like most children book authors whose books have been challenged, Paterson finds it “ironic” that her book has been banned.”

Hey, she isn’t the only one.

Maudlin, predictable, and full of fat jokes. There are few things that make me want to windmill-pitch a book at a wall, but that's one of them. Even the character who's supposed to be this light of compassion in the universe imagines her "cow" of a teacher at fat camp, and the disconnect of my head from this book at that point was so jarring my brain rattled.

The summer of becoming familiar with Katherine Paterson is off to a terrible start.

ما رأيك في بلدة سرية كبيرة ، نُطلق عليها " تيرابيثيا" نكون حاكميها أنا وأنت....؟!..
مملكة حصينة ساحرة شيدها خيال " ليزلي " الجامح" لتصبح هى الحاكمة وصديقها " جيس" الحاكم...
لقد كانت فتاة في سن العاشرة مُتقدة الذكاء...رائعة...
كانت تتقن رياضة الركض برشاقة وجدارة وتقفز فوق أسوار الخوف بشجاعة بالغة....
برفقتها استطاع " جيس" أن يتعلم ماذا يعني أن تُصارع مخاوفك الصغيرة التي تعتريك...لن تتخطاها تماماً ولكن إياك أن تدعها تُحطمك..
انفطر قلبي لموتها وثقل تلك المأساة المروعة على قلب الصبي الصغير ولكن ها هو يبني جسراً يعبر فيه ذاك العالم المُبهر الذي كان في الخيال إلى الضفة الأخرى.....أتمنى لك حظاً موفقاً يا عزيزي....