Bridge to Terabithia

The ending was so sad, but I still loved this book, my teacher gave it to me as a gift, and I was hooked when I started reading it, it really is a great book!!! :(

I didnt like the ending. It was so sad. I read this as a kid and I loved it, well besides the ending anyway xD I made sure to watch the movie and recommend it to my cousins after

This book was very sad and I almost cried by the end. I would highly recommend this book to anybody though. I would say that it is kind of predictable, but I still really enjoyed it!

I read this book as a child and decided to re-read before allowing my 8 year old to read it. I recommend it for the lessons it has about friendship and acceptance. However, I also recommend reading it with, or right before your child. There are foreign concepts, such as Vietnam and "peaceniks", which may need some explaining. More importantly, though, are the mature areas of the story that you may want to further discuss. In addition to death, the boy has romantic feelings about his teacher and a classmate is being physically abused by her father. When classmates and teachers learn about it, the actions aren't seen as very unusual and there is more concern about the girl feeling embarrassed about telling anyone. The book is from a different time, so many other things are different (like segregating girls and boys) so that should be kept in mind.