Facts about Bridge to Terabithia

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   Terabithia's name derives from Narnia, as Paterson combined elements from C.S. Lewis's fictional world with her own imagination while writing the novel.

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   In Bridge to Terabithia, Leslie Burke dies by drowning in the creek while attempting to swing across it alone during a storm, fundamentally altering the narrative's trajectory and Jess's emotional development.

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   Jess Aarons and Leslie Burke's imaginary kingdom in Bridge to Terabithia exists within a wooded area between their two houses accessible by swinging across a creek on a rope.

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   The 1985 film adaptation of Bridge to Terabithia starred 13-year-old actors Iris Booth and Justin Whalin as the two main characters Jess and Leslie.

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   Katherine Paterson published Bridge to Terabithia in 1977, winning the Newbery Medal the following year for this middle-grade fantasy novel.

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