The Bridge to Terabithia shared by soand

In the book Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson the main character, Jesse (a.k.a Jess) Aarons tries to push himself to be the fastest boy in the fifth grade and was sure he was going to win the year's first school-yard race. However, Jess's victory was stolen by a newcomer who was a girl named Leslie. Somehow he finds himself sticking up for the girl who breaks rules during races. After that, their friendship grows when Jess shows Leslie his life in his rural town, and when she takes Jess to the imaginary world called Terabithia. Both Jess and Leslie rule over the oaks and evergreens and safe from bullies. Later, Leslie was found dead when swinging on the broken rope and drowned in the bottom of the river. I recommend this book to people who like adventure books about friendship and courage.