| Booktalk
#1
A girl
moves into a rural town outside Washington D.C. A boy lives next door and
has been training to win the school race all summer. When the girl wins,
you'd think that it would set them up as enemies or rivals from the start
but oddly, something quite different happens. He shows her the practical
side of knowing, as her family, authors restore the old farmhouse and she
entertains him by retelling the stories she has already read. Be careful
when you join their fantasy. You may have trouble with the goodbye you
have to make.
Booktalk
#2
Have you ever had a secret
place that you could escape to? Who would you share that place with?
Your best friend? In Bridge to Terabithia, two fifth-grade children,
Jess Aarons and Leslie Burke become unlikely best friends. Jess,
a boy form a large, poor family befriends the big-city girl, Leslie who
is an only child. Their homelives are totally different, but they
become best friends. Together they create their own "magical" kingdom
they call Terabithia. As the rulers of this make-believe world, they
can escape the realities of their lives. During Spring Break, tragedy
stikes that threatens to destroy Terabithia. Will the magic of Terabithia
survive or will it be lost forever? (Joy M. Couch, joy_couch24@eku.edu) |
