Dealing with Death: Experiencing Empathy with A Bridge to Terabithia
Simply put, The Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson is a story about a lonely boy and his new friend, Leslie, who moves next door. This realistic fiction is well written where the characters become the reader's own friends. SPOILER ALERT: Because of the nature of this book, the rest of this post will be dealing with the main theme of this book. If you do not want to know what happens at the end (and have never seen the movie) but have always wanted to read this book, stop reading now. Base your decision on if you read the book on the back cover blurb rather than this post. The rest of the post is dedicated specifically to concerned parents who have heard what happens in the book. As many, of you know, this book is about a child experiencing death; in fact, his close friend Leslie dies from a tragic accident. Several years ago, I saw the movie with my brother. All of the previews that we saw emphasized that this was a movie about a fantasy world called Te