Bridge to Terabithia

Ten-year-old Jess Aarons is a great artist, but very few people know about it. His parents can barely make ends meet – they have no time for their son's fantasies, and his sisters constantly torment him with teasing, so he... wouldn't discuss it with them either. But one day, Jess gets a new neighbor – his peer Leslie Burke. She is nothing like his other classmates: she dresses strangely and doesn't have a television. However, she knows a ton of different stories and can talk about anything. They even embark together to Terabithia, a land where Jess is a great king and Leslie is the queen. A land that literally lies on the other side of the river…
 
This poignant book is about the courage to be oneself and how heavy loss helps one become stronger and find one's own path. For almost fifty years, the story of the rulers of Terabithia has repeatedly broken readers' hearts.