Just a few walks away from Jesse’s house reside the Burke family – Bill and Judy Burke and their 10 or 11-year-old daughter Leslie. But, he doesn’t get it, what he gets in fact is quite the opposite a cold shoulder, from his sisters, from his busy parents. I don’t think Jesse wanting a little affection and care shown to him by his parents and sisters is too much to ask. There are several prominent themes in ‘ Bridge to Terabithia’ – but I’d like to think the theme of friendship – being one of them – is the connecting dot through which author Katherine Paterson explored most of the other themes.įrom the start of the book, the reader finds Jesse Aarons feeling alone and uncared for – despite being a member of a large family of seven. With a little over 200 pages and the choice of words used, ‘ Bridge to Terabithia’ is one novel anyone who loves a good story can grab and finish within a few hours. Katherine Paterson’s ‘ Bridge to Terabithia’ is one of the easiest, simple-to-read books I’ve read.
From there, it’s easily a joyride straight through memory lane. One immediately gets on the same page as the book from the first flipping of the covers. To readers, ‘ Bridge to Terabithia’ can be a magnetic book in that it touches deeply on the inner child in all of us by picturesquely describing the feelings and events those moments of childhood presented.
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