QWhat is 'Bridge to Terabithia' about?
ATwo fifth graders, Jesse 'Jess' Aarons (Josh Hutcherson) and Leslie Burke (AnnaSophia Robb]), both outcasts in their school, find a special friendship with each other when they discover a rope swing across a river that takes them into a fantasy world filled with squogers, dragonfly warriors, hairy vultures, and giant trolls. Leslie names the place 'Terabithia', and it's here that they escape from the bullying they must endure in the 'real' world...until tragedy strikes.
AUsing lumber from in front of the Burke's house and branches from trees in the forest, Jess builds a bridge across the river to replace the broken rope swing. He then convinces his little sister May Belle (Bailee Madison), by telling her that she will become a princess, to come with him to Terabithia. All she has to do is to look really hard and keep her mind wide open. As they begin to step across the bridge, the twig bridge suddenly changes to gold, a purple carpet of flowers opens up, and a castle appears in the distance.When they reach the other side, Terabithians begin to emerge from the forest In the final scene, Jess is crowned king, and he and May Belle enter the kingdom together.
QWhat does the word "Terabithia" mean?
APaterson didn't intend any specific meaning for it. She later realised that the name may have been inspired by the island of Terebinthia, which appears in two of C.S. Lewis's "Narnia" books. Lewis named the island after the terebinth tree (Pistacia palaestina).
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