{"id":6999,"date":"2025-11-07T10:53:35","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T15:53:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/?p=6999"},"modified":"2025-11-07T10:53:36","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T15:53:36","slug":"book-review-bridge-to-terabithia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/?p=6999","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: Bridge to Terabithia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Untitled_Artwork-5-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Untitled_Artwork-5-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7001\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Untitled_Artwork-5-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Untitled_Artwork-5-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Untitled_Artwork-5-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Untitled_Artwork-5-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Untitled_Artwork-5-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Untitled_Artwork-5-1-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Bridge to Terabithia<\/em>, by Katherine Paterson<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Haha! What a fun, funny book!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019m kidding. Unlike a lot of books in these reviews, I actually knew about the story and the ending before picking up this YA classic. The book (and especially the movie) have become the keys to the Trauma Kingdom for many young people. The movie was marketed as The Lord of the Rings meets Harry Potter meets a happy good time for everyone in a field of joy! But the actual story is NOT that.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The story is about two kids who dream up an imaginative land to escape from reality. If you haven\u2019t read it, I won\u2019t spoil it here, but you can probably guess that not everything works out for the characters. It feels dated, but in a charming way, like listening to Owl City. And then \u201cthe moment\u201d happens and it\u2019s shocking but it\u2019s why the book has remained an infamous classic.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It teaches kids the important lessons:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Never leave the house<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Don\u2019t bother making friends<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I read the whole thing in one sitting, which is something I never do. So I clearly liked the story. Granted, the book is short, so it\u2019s a lot like saying, \u201cI ate a whole sandwich in one sitting.\u201d But I\u2019m still proud of myself\u2026just as I\u2019m proud of myself for eating every sandwich.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>I&#8217;m raising money for Reading is Fundamental. <a href=\"https:\/\/us-p2p.e-activist.com\/5547\/reading-is-fundamental\/194681\/dan-bergstein-reading-is-fundamental\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Click here to donate! <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.laserfarm.com%2F%3Fp%3D6999&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bridge to Terabithia, by Katherine Paterson Haha! What a fun, funny book!&nbsp; I\u2019m kidding. Unlike a lot of books in these reviews, I actually knew about the story and the ending before picking up this YA classic. The book (and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/?p=6999\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[103],"tags":[104],"class_list":["post-6999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-reviews","tag-rif2025"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6999"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6999\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7002,"href":"https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6999\/revisions\/7002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}