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The Tale of two Rulers

Bridge to Terabithia was written by Katherine Paterson. I read it with great interest. It’s about two best friends Jesse Oliver Aarons and Leslie Burke who are in our ages.

Jess has straw colored hair, doesn’t have another pair of shoes other than his worn-out sneakers; but still, he is very athletic, hard-working and determined. He runs everyday in the morning in summer to make himself not a best but the very best runner in the 3, 4 and 5 grades.

He is creative too. He likes to draw crazy animals with problems. He is also thoughtful. He told the bus driver to drop him off at a “Free Puppies” place to secretly get Leslie a puppy. What’s more, he is really smart. He found out a way to humiliate Janice Avery — one of the bullies in his school.

Leslie has brown hair and always wears shorts. She is imaginative. She and Jess created the kingdom of Terabithia. She is mischievous. She wrote the humiliation letter to Janice. She is considerate. She gave Jess a set of paint with paper.

She’s also helpful by talking with Janice about what she was crying about in the girls’ washroom, even though they don’t like Janice very much.

I would like to be Jess’ friend because he’s very determined like me, (well, sometimes) and I’m also very creative like him because I also make up things, unusual things, but I don’t run that well like him.

There are some minor characters in this book such as Jess’ family members, his two teachers Miss Edmunds, Mrs. Myers, Leslie’s parents and the school bully Janice Avery.

The story took place in a small town called Virginia; the school was called Lark Creek Elementary and the magical kingdom they made in the middle of the woods was called Terabithia. The story began in the morning at Jess’ home.

Like all stories, there was a problem in this book when Leslie tried to swing to Terabithia on the rope of the old crab apple tree while Jess was with Miss Edmunds at the museum; the rope came loose and Leslie fell and hit her head on a rock and died.

Jess coped with it by trying to forget it but it seemed as if it wouldn’t go away and he was so angry that he threw his paints and papers into a mud puddle. Then he went to the Burke’s place and Leslie’s father Bill gave him her paints and paper but he didn’t want to give away the puppy P.T. and surprisingly, Jess let the Burkes keep P.T.

It was solved when Jess went to the creek and found a tree trunk that fell between the bank and the other side; he crossed it and looked for Terabithia. When he got there, he heard his sister May Belle’s cry and went back to find her on the “bridge” and slowly got her up again and took her to Terabithia and told her about the Terabithians saying that a new queen would come…

I would say to the author that this book was very good although with some tragedy in it and that I would recommend this book because Jess and Leslie have very good characteristics and friendship is very important for Jess to solve his problem. The book teaches a lesson in life: when something bad happens, you have to move on, not live in despair of it.

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