A new hardcover edition of Katherine Paterson's Newbery-winning
favorite, Bridge to Terabithia. One of the stunning new Harper
Classics editions of literary treasures.
This Newbery Medal-winning novel by bestselling author Katherine
Paterson has been a modern classic about friendship and loss for forty
years.
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.