by Katherine Paterson · Destino Infantil & Juvenil · tapa dura · ISBN 9788408072096
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«Un puente hacia Terabithia» is the adventure and friendship novel by Katherine Paterson, published by Destino Infantil & Juvenil in hardcover (208 pages).
Two fifth-graders, Leslie and Jess, invent their own territory in the woods: Terabithia, a place where fantasy lets them live all kinds of adventures and cope with their everyday life. Classic tale about friendship and the power of imagination.
The work belongs to the Isla del Tiempo collection; it was originally published as Bridge to Terabithia in 1977 and received the Newbery Medal in 1978.
Recommended in schools in many countries, it is aimed at readers aged 12 and up.
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.
