Bridge to Therabithia......!!!

The book I read was called Bridge to Therabithia by Katherine Paterson. This book was about a young boy named Jesse Aarons who always dreamed of being the fastest runner in his school. When Jesse was about to start the race, out of nowhere a girl comes and decides to compete in the race. Unfortunely Jesse lost and was really upset. Later on Jesse finds out that the girl that beat him is in his class and her name is Leslie Burke. Leslie introduces herself to Jesse but he ignores her. Jesse decides to give Leslie a chance and become friends. When Jesse came home he saw that Leslie also got off at his bus stop and realizes that she lives next to him. They both decide to run as far as they can and see where they go. To their surprise they end up in this creek with a rope between it. Both climbed the rope and swung on to the other side. In that other side they find this forest where they decide to call it Therabithia and be rulers of it. Throughout the story they have many adventures and finally get to be themselves and have fun. One rainy day Jesse decides to go to this museum with his teacher. Jesse had so much fun at the museum but when he gets back home he realizes something is not okay. He comes home and sees their family is depressed over something. His mom tells him "Leslie's death". Jesse couldn't believe that she was gone. He found out that Leslie had died because she slipped off the       rope. Jesse realizes that Leslie was an awesome friend that he had, she had given him courage to do what hwe wanted to do. Later on Jesse continues to rule his and leslie's kingdom with his little sister Maybelle in honor of Leslie. Even tough she was gone Jesse still felt her prescence. I think that this was a really inspiring book to do whatever you want to do and have the courage to do it. You can find this book at Ms.Estrada's library. Here's a short clip of the movie.