by Katherine Paterson · Harper Collins Usa · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780060734015
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Bridge to Terabithia is a poignant novel that tells the story of Jess Aarons and Leslie Burke, two children who create a magical world called Terabithia in the woods near their homes. Through their imagination and friendship, they find a refuge from the difficulties of real life. However, an unexpected tragedy will test their bond and force Jess to face pain and loss, learning valuable lessons about life and resilience.
Katherine Paterson is an American writer best known for children's novels, including Bridge to Terabithia (1977), which won the Newbery Medal in 1978. For four different books published 1975–1980, she won two Newbery Medals and two National Book Awards. She is one of four people to win the two major international awards; for "lasting contribution to children's literature" she won the biennial Hans Christian Andersen Award for Writing in 1998 and for her career contribution to "children's and young adult literature in the broadest sense" she won the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award from the Swedish Arts Council in 2006, the biggest monetary prize in children's literature. Also for her body of work she was awarded the NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's Literature in 2007 and the Children's Literature Legacy Award from the American Library Association in 2013. She was the second US National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, serving 2010 and 2011.
