Bridge to Terabithia

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Bridge to Terabithia

• By
• Katherine Paterson

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Meet the Author

• Katherine Paterson was born in 1932 in China
  where her father was serving as a missionary.
  She also served as a missionary in Japan before
  becoming a childrens author. Ms. Paterson has
  won many awards for her books, including Newbery
  awards for Bridge to Terabithia in 1978 and Jacob
  Have I Loved in 1981. Other books she has
  written include The Master Puppeteer and The
  Great Gilly Hopkins.

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Story Summary

• Leslie is a newcomer to rural Virginia and
  Jesses life. Not sure about each other at
  first, they discover they have a lot in common
  and develop a rich friendship. Together Leslie
  and Jesse create Terabithia, their private
  kingdom where they are the rulers. This
  wonderful friendship is shattered when tragedy
  strikes. Jesse must go on and learn to cope with
  this traumatic loss.

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• A major theme of this book is friendship.
• If you had a special secret, whom would you
  trust with it?
• Do you now have or have you ever had a special
  friendship? How did you meet and become friends
  with this person?

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Friendship Chains

• What makes a good friend?
• Work with your partner to come up with qualities
  that you think make a good friend.
• Write your responses on the friendship chains
  that you will create. (I will show you how to do
  this)
• We will share these responses and display our
  friendship chains in the classroom.