18 books like Bridge to Terabithia

What to read after Bridge to Terabithia — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

The Phantom Tollbooth Norton Juster · 1961 · ★ 4.2 · 255p · ≈ 8h · Moderate The Phantom Tollbooth is a children's fantasy adventure novel written by Norton Juster with illustrations by Jules Feiffer. It was published in 1961 by Random House (USA). It tells the story of a bored young boy named Milo who unexpectedly receives a magic tollbooth one afternoon and, having nothing better to do, drives through it in his toy car, transporting him to the Kingdom of Wisdom, once… Shares: Classics, Fantasy

Matilda Roald Dahl · 1988 · ★ 4.3 · 242p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Matilda applies her untapped mental powers to rid the school of the evil, child-hating headmistress, Miss Trunchbull, and restore her nice teacher, Miss Honey, to financial security. Shares: Schools

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Roald Dahl · 1964 · ★ 4.2 · 178p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a 1964 children's novel by British author Roald Dahl. The story features the adventures of young Charlie Bucket inside the chocolate factory of eccentric chocolatier Willy Wonka. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was first published in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. in 1964 and in the United Kingdom by George Allen & Unwin 11 months later. In… Shares: Fantasy

The BFG Roald Dahl · 1980 · ★ 4.2 · 207p · ≈ 6h · Moderate This book is a great book for all ages. It is a fantasy/adventure book.The BFG stands for 'Big Friendly Giant'. He isn't like other giants, instead of going out to different countries to eat children he catches dreams. When he find's a little orphan girl watching him, he kidnaps her because he doesn't want anyone to find out that he was there, but when they arrive at giant's land they become… Shares: Fantasy

The View from Saturday E. L. Konigsburg · 1996 · ★ 3.8 · 169p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Four students, with their own individual stories, develop a special bond and attract the attention of their teacher, a paraplegic, who chooses them to represent their sixth-grade class in the Academic Bowl competition. Shares: Amistad, Ficción juvenil, School Stories, Schools

Good news, bad news David Wolstencroft · 2004 · ★ 4.0 · 432p · ≈ 14h · Moderate Who could have guessed that a bureaucratic error would send two secret agents to the same 'cover' job, working in a shabby photo-processing booth, where each must keep his identity secret from the other while awaiting orders. On discovering the mistake, the two men decide to go on the run together. Shares: Friendship -- Fiction, Friendship

Ghostgirl Tonya Hurley · 2008 · ★ 4.1 · 341p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Charlotte Usher se siente prácticamente invisible hasta que un día lo es de verdad. Peor aún: está muerta. Y todo por culpa de un osito de goma. Pero la muerte no impide que Charlotte siga con su plan. Todo lo contrario, se vuelve mucho más creativa y hará cualquier cosa por conseguir su objetivo: ser popular para seducir al chico que ama. Shares: Muerte, Death, Friendship

Invincible summer Alice Adams · 2016 · ★ 4.3 · 320p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Four close friends who graduate college together in 1998 venture off to pursue their fortunes in the new millennium, but find themselves drawn back together twenty years later amidst broken dreams, lost jobs, and shattered relationships. Shares: Friendship -- Fiction, Friendship

The King of Lies John Hart · 2006 · ★ 3.9 · 416p · ≈ 13h · Moderate When Work Pickens finds his father murdered, the investigation pushes a repressed family history to the surface and he sees his own carefully constructed facade begin to crack. Shares: Muerte, Death

Amber Brown Is Not a Crayon Paula Danziger · 1993 · ★ 4.2 · 80p · ≈ 2h · Moderate The year she is in the third grade is a sad time for Amber because her best friend Justin is getting ready to move to a distant state. Shares: Amistad, Ficción juvenil, Schools, Friendship

Junie B. Jones Loves Handsome Warren Barbara Park · 1996 · ★ 4.5 · 71p · ≈ 2h · Moderate Unable to compete with her friends' fancy clothes and running ability, irrepressible six-year-old Junie B. finds her own way to make the new boy at school like her. Shares: Amistad, Ficción juvenil, Schools, Friendship

Harriet the Spy Louise Fitzhugh · 1960 · ★ 4.0 · 305p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Harriet the Spy is a children's novel written and illustrated by Louise Fitzhugh that was published in 1964. It has been called "a milestone in children's literature" and a "classic". In the U.S. it ranked number 12 in The 50 Best Books for Kids and number 17 in The Top 100 Children's Novels on two lists generated in 2012. Shares: School Stories, Classics, Schools, Friendship

Generation Dead Daniel Waters · 2008 · ★ 4.3 · 368p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Phoebe Kendall is just your typical Goth girl with a crush.  He’s strong and silent…and dead.   All over the country, a strange phenomenon is occurring.  Some teenagers who die aren't staying dead.  But when they come back to life, they are no longer the same. Feared and misunderstood, they are doing their best to blend into a society that doesn’t want… Shares: Death, School Stories, Schools

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets J. K. Rowling · 1998 · ★ 4.4 · 346p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Throughout the summer holidays after his first year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Harry Potter has been receiving sinister warnings from a house-elf called Dobby. Now, back at school to start his second year, Harry hears unintelligible whispers echoing through the corridors. Before long the attacks begin: students are found as if turned to stone. Dobby’s predictions seem to be… Shares: Ficción juvenil, School Stories, Schools, Fantasy

The silver kiss Annette Curtis Klause · 1990 · ★ 3.7 · 208p · ≈ 6h · Moderate A mysterious teenage boy harboring a dark secret helps Zoë come to terms with her mother's terminal illness. Shares: Muerte, Death

East of Eden John Steinbeck, David Wyatt & Susan Shillinglaw Set in the rich farmland of the Salinas Valley, California, this powerful, often brutal novel, follows the interwined destinies of two families - the Trasks and the Hamiltons - whose generations hopelessly re-enact the fall of Adam and Eve and the poisonous rivalry of Cain and Abel. Here Steinbeck created some of his most memorable characters and explored his most enduring themes: the mystery of… Shares: Classics

Lord of the Flies William Golding, Lois Lowry & Jennifer Buehler Lord of the Flies is the 1954 debut novel of British author William Golding. The plot concerns a group of prepubescent British boys who are stranded on an uninhabited island and their disastrous attempts to govern themselves that lead to a descent into savagery. The novels themes include morality, leadership, and the tension between civility and chaos. Shares: Classics

The Count of Monte Cristo Alexandre Dumas · 1964 · ★ 4.5 · 242p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Thrown in prison for a crime he has not committed, Edmond Dantès is confined to the grim fortress of If. There he learns of a great hoard of treasure hidden on the Isle of Monte Cristo and he becomes determined not only to escape, but also to use the treasure to plot the destruction of the three men responsible for his incarceration. Shares: Classics

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