Katherine Paterson
 
 
 

Bridge to Terabithia       

Bridge to Terabithia is a wonderful book about friendship.  Katherine Paterson uses beautiful language throughout the book and portrays important life lessons.
 

And
 

The Great Gilly Hopkins
 

The Great Gilly Hopkins is a great book about a girl who spends the first eight years of her life in foster care homes.  This book tells about Gilly’s journey to understand what love is about.
 

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This unit uses two Katherine Paterson books to explore the beauty of language and how it can so interestingly tell an individual’s story about life and death.
 

Regina Van Leuvan
Katherine Paterson Unit – 5th grade