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Reader reviewed by Amanda

I read this book a long time ago and it was very, very boring and stupid. The story was about a boy named Jessie and a girl named Leslie. Leslie is the new girl in town and odd to normal people's eyes. Jessie is dazed that she doesn't own a television set. But, the two become good friends and build a little land in the woods by the river. I believe that they build a treehouse or shed or something. Being bored out of my mind and hating this novel with a passion, I decided to imagine it as a doghouse that has one of those little "FIDO" signs on it. Anyway, if I remember correctly, Jessie has a crush on his teacher and goes to a museum with her, leaving Leslie alone in the Terebithia land (they built). She drowns in the river.


Bridge to Terebithia is the most horrifically boring book I've ever read. I hope everyone reading this must restrain from the pain of reading it in school. How could Bridge to Terebithia win one of the Newberies? I don't think it was deserved.


I didn't like this book because of the stupid things that the kids did. Jessie liked the teacher. The land of Terebithia...Drowning in the river....Please don't make me stand this!