Jess Aarons wants to be the fastest boy in the class but when a girl named Leslie Burke moves into the neighbouring farm his life changes forever Even though she runs faster than him Jess begins to think Leslie might be okay
- she&s clever & funny & not a bit soppy & it is Leslie who invents Terabithia the secret country on an island across the creek where he can escape his troublesome family The only way to reach Terabithia is by rope-swing where Jess & Leslie become King & Queen defeating giants sharing stories & dreams & plotting against their enemies They are invincible
- until tragedy strikes It is more dreadful than anything Jess had ever dreamed of but as he struggles to cope with his grief & anger he finds that his family value him more than he&d thought & that still King he could even save Terabithia for the future