The book “The Bridge to Terabithia” by Katherine Paterson is a fictional children's book about a boy named Jesse Aarons. The book goes over his daily life and how he was treated and felt at home. He later meets a girl his age named Leslie Burke who shares the same interests as Jess but has a different lifestyle. Leslie becomes Jess’ best friend. Leslie is an only child while Jess has three sister's. The book has thirteen chapters but does not start off with terabithia and what it is. The first few chapters are about the events that lead up to Jess and Leslie creating Terabithia. Terabithia was their way of escaping reality. Before the book ends Leslie dies trying to cross the creek where Terabithia is located which put Jess’ emotions