bridge to terabithia by katherine paterson a novel study guide

Leslie and her parents were new comers to the rural community where Jess lived, and were thought to be a bit odd, for they didn’t even own a TV, though their house was filled with books. Katherine Paterson lives in Vermont, the setting for the last few chapters of Long Road Home.īridge to Terabithia: Jess Aarons had to be the fastest runner at Lark Creek Elementary School, the best, but when he was challenged by Leslie Burke, a girl, that was just the beginning of a new season in Jess’s life. Her books have been published in more than 25 languages, and she is the 1998 recipient of the most distinguished international award given to a writer for a contribution to children’s literature, the Hans Christian Andersen Award. She received the Newbery Medal in 1978 for Bridge to Terabithia and again in 1981 for Jacob Have I Loved. The Great Gilly Hopkins was also the single Honor Book for the 1979 Newbery Medal.

Two of these novels, The Master Puppeteer and The Great Gilly Hopkins, were National Book Award winners, in 19 respectively. Paterson, among the most celebrated of our authors, has written more than 30 books for children, including 14 novels for young people. They have four children and seven grandchildren.

She received master’s degrees in English Bible and Religious Education, and her husband is a Presbyterian minister. Born in 1932 in China to missionary parents, Katherine was herself a teacher and a missionary in Japan.

Bridge to terabithia by katherine paterson a novel study guide