Bridge to Terabithia 40th Anniversary Edition: A Newbery Award Winner Paperback – Illustrated

Bridge to Terabithia Katherine Paterson, Donna Diamond (ill) 1st Harper Trophy Edition Book (02 May 2017) This Newbery Medal-winning novel by bestselling author Katherine Paterson is a modern classic of friendship and loss. 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. In addition to being a Newbery Medal winner, Bridge to Terabithia was also named an ALA Notable Children's Book and has become a touchstone of children's literature, as have many of Katherine Paterson's other novels, including The Great Gilly Hopkins and Jacob Have I Loved. Supports the Common Core State Standards Book information ISBN: 9780064401845 Publisher: Harper Trophy Imprint: Harper Trophy Pub date: 02 May 2017 Edition: 1st Harper Trophy Edition DEWEY: [Fic] DEWEY edition: 22 Language: English Number of pages: 128 Weight: 128g Height: 130mm Width: 191mm Spine width: 19mm