Bridge+to+Terabithia

> In 2002, two Connecticut residents filed a petition to get it removed.
 * 1) ** Name: ** Bridge to Terabithia
 * 2) ** Author: ** Katherine Paterson
 * 3) ** Description: ** A girl and a boy befriend each other after the girl beats the boy in a school race. He is mad at her first, but then reluctantly becomes friends with her. They create an imaginary world in the woods. One rainy day the girl accidentally dies and the boy has to learn how to move on.
 * 4) ** Genre: ** Fantasy
 * 5) ** Situations in the book that are questionable: ** That there is a death in the book, words used, that the boy uses the word “lord” outside of prayer.
 * 6) ** General public’s opinion: ** People love the book, but the consensus is that it’s sad. They love the characters and that the imaginary world they create reminds them of their childhood when they would do the same thing with their friends (Goodreads.com).
 * 7) ** History of censorship: ** It is eighth in the American Library Association list of banned books. In 1992 the novel was banned in a school because a parent of a fifth grade student objected to the language and portrayal of a nontraditional family. This book has also been challenged in Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Texas, and California (enotes.com). It is also the ninth book on the American Library Association’s list of 100 books most commonly banned from schools between the years of 1990-2000.
 * 1) ** Developmental age: ** 9-12 (ARbookfind.com)

References

ARbookfind. (2012). Retrieved from: http://www.arbookfind.com/bookdetail.aspx?q=5494&l=EN&slid=284176540

Goodreads. (2012). Retrieved from: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2839.Bridge_to_Terabithia

eNotes. (2012). //Katherine Paterson: Author Profile.// Retrieved from: []