“He was angry, too, because it would soon be Christmas and he had nothing to give Leslie. It was not that she would expect something expensive; it was that he needed to give her something as much as he needed to eat when he was hungry. […] She wouldn't laugh at him no matter what he gave her. But for his own sake he had to give her something he could be proud of.”
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Katherine Paterson
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Bridge to Terabithia
Jesse Aarons
Bridge to Terabithia (1977)
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