Bridge to Terabithia (A Puffin Book) [Paperback] Paterson, Katherine

This book broke my heart and left me in tears when I finished up reading it. And I was not expecting it to be this sad and devastating in the end as I went into this children's classic blindly.The story tells about the blooming friendship between two kids, Jesse Aarons, and his new neighbour, Leslie Burke, two lonely kids. Jess being the only male child in his family and expected to take care of errands and his sisters; Leslie being an outcast and bullied at school.The story developed fine and the writing style made it feel like life becomes better with a friend, a sweet younger sibling who looks up to you, an understanding teacher and it's best to avoid negative people be it your family or so called 'friends'.It's the second half that the writing got intense and got me sobbing mad. It dealt with death and grief which I feel were handled well. I cried more so because I got too attached to these characters as well as their pet dog P.T.Leslie's character is delightful and memorable. She's such a nerd! And an amazing personality.Jess's character is amusing. He's that personality which says there's always sunshine after a rainy day.I love the fantasy world they built. It's something to be rejoiced and something for which a price had to be paid unfortunately.I didn't enjoy the stereotypes of body shaming, the way some characters were described and in some instances the unwelcomed violence in a book which is meant for children.But a memorable read indeed!

Nice book

It was beautiful. I loved it a lot. Made me cry a lot too. The friendship between Leslie and Jess was quite beautiful.

It was awesome. A very terabithian book.The book quality was also good.

Story is beautiful and the quality of the book is perfect 💖

Daughter liked it

I am loving it

•Had underestimated this book while ordering it for my English project. Simply magnificent!•Right from Chapter 1 it's stimulating and at times, I even forgot that I am doing this for my project. A descriptive and sympathetic story, worthy of all honours and respects.•Puffin had done a beautiful job in presenting the book simple and attractive.•Thanks Amazon for delivering the book. No scratches on the cover nor any page folds.