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damn heart is broken

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! While I've seen this book on various lists for years, I never got around to reading it amp had no clue what it was about.
I was in the Army when it was published, I know one or two of my kids read it, but it was one of the rare books that I didn't at least skim.
I think my wife read it, instead, When I first started listening to it this morning, I didn't really get into it at first, It's well written, but wasn't really my thing, Still, it was short amp I've been meaning to get around to it, so I kept on, I'm so glad I did,

It didn't really grab me until the last quarter amp then it wouldn't let go, The end was incredible amp really hit me right where I live, If you don't know how the book ends, don't read this spoiler, When I wasamp in fifth grade, my father died.
Paterson had a great model since her son had lost his best friend, a girl much like Leslie, when he was about the same age.
She was struck by lightening, Her characterization was wonderful amp the ending is haunting,

My edition had an interview with Paterson amp her son, David, who apparently illustrated some editions amp had dealt with making this into a movie.
It was well worth listening to, Paterson said sitelinkThe Yearling was one of her inspirations which isn't surprising,

Apparently this book is hotly debated amp often banned by schools because, like the sitelinkThe Yearling, it deals with death.
Some parents don't think their kids should even read about it a damn fool idea, IMO, As David, I, amp many others found out early, it happens, While there is no preparation for it, knowing that others have survived it does help, even fictional people.
David also mentions in the interview that at the end of the first screening of the movie, the kids came out happy with the ending while it was the adults that only thought of the sad part.
That's part of being a kid, I think, I sure thought the very end was happy, too,

Anyway, I'm sorry it took me so long to get around to reading this amp I highly recommend it for all ages.
There are only two books that have made me cry, Granted, I was in sixth grade when I read this for the first time, But like most books I review on Goodreads, I sat down to read this again before posting my review.
My sentiments about Bridge to Terabithia haven't changed much,

I don't remember a lot from my preteen years, Little fragments crop up from time to time when I see an old commercial on Youtube or I play anbit classic on my Wii.
This book I remember. And as I reread it I started recalling the circumstances that surrounded my initial reading of this book.
I remember the girl

I had a crush on who sat behind me in class, I remember growing my hair out and listening to Iron Maiden, experimenting with image, stripping away those last external indicators of childlike innocence and trying to be more "grown up.
" Then I remember crying in my closet near the end of this book,

Years later I have a career, a daughter, a wife, I still listen to Iron Maiden, but I don't wear the oversized metal shirts like I used to, and my hair is cut short most of the time.
I don't have to try to be an adult anymore, What I was pushing back then I reflect on as an inevitable development now, Now I find myself retracing my steps, trying to go back to that time in my life, but like Rita Dove observes in her poem "Driving Through," it isn't always as easy or clear cut as we hope it to be.
I'm a different person now, at least that's what I told myself when I started reading this book again a few years ago.
How strange that sometimes drawing a connection between the person we were and the person we become happens inadvertently, at the most unexpected moments, when we spend half of our lives trying so hard to move forward and half of lives trying so hard to go back.


So there I sat, more than a decade later, with the same emotional reaction I had as a child telling me to stop reading, and nostalgia and the comforting memory of childhood ebbing me back towards youth.
A lovely book that has stood the test of time,

: Read this aloud to the kids as it's on the Battle of the Books list this year for my daughter.
I had forgotten how much is covered in such a slim book, yet how fast it goes, Also the casual cruelty of both Jess's family and bullies at school, not to mention how Leslie and Jess retaliate.
Interesting. 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 inby Thomas Crowell, In, it won the Newbery Medal, Paterson drew inspiration for the novel from a real event that occurred in Augustwhen 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 strawcolored 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,
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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 سالمیلادی را از آن خود کرده و ترجمه ی فارسی کتاب نیز از سوی شورای کتاب کودک در سالهجری خورشیدی به عنوان اثر ویژه برگزیده شده است. ا. شربیانی.