“She had tricked him. She had made him leave his old self behind and come into her world, and then before he was really at home in it but too late to go back, she had left him stranded there–like an astronaut wandering about on the moon. Alone.”
I’d just like to preface this by saying that, when I was younger, this was my favorite book of all time. Although I have definitely read books that I prefer since then, it is still such a great book that I find myself coming back to time and time again.
All summer, Jesse Aarons has been practicing to become the fastest runner in 5th grade, which he almost is, until his new neighbor and the new girl in school Leslie Burke beats him. The two become friends and eventually create a land in the woods behind Leslie’s house called Terabithia, which is an enchanted land, where they are the rulers and no harm can come to them. However, one morning Leslie visits Terabithia alone and a tragedy occurs, leaving Jesse to deal with his grief alone.
No matter how many times I read this book, I like it. I don’t know if its the writing style, the plot, the characters, or some combination of the above, but it’s just such a great book. From the first time I read it, when I was probably about 8 or 9, I loved it and have ever since. Highly recommend, great book, honestly just a really good book.