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Reader reviewed by Chris Ely

This is one of the most STUPIDEST books I ever read! Here is the plot: It's right after the Vietnam war. This farmboy named Jessie wants to be the fastest kid in school. Then at resess of the first day of the new school year a new girl named Leslie goes over to the boys side of the playground and they race and to make a stupid story short, become freinds, makes up this magic land called teribithia that they reach by swinging an a rotting rope over a very dangerous river, Jessie goes on a trip to a meuseum with his hippie teacher, and when he comes back he learns Leslie drowned going to Teribithia. One of the corniest plots in a book. when the girl dies, the guy just goew into a daze untill he saves his sister from drowning, and then everything is okay. It has a weak plot, the charecters emotions are always happy, sad or mad. No jeulosy, anguish, emmberesment or any other emotions. Just happy sad and mad. The cherecters themselves are not written well, and basically it ! is just a dumb book. Don't read it. It will be a waste of time.