While originally classified as a children's novel, Bridge to Terabithia has established its place in the Young Adult genre. The variation of these awards shows one of the unique traits of this novel. These include, but are not nearly limited to, the Virginia Young Reader's Award, the Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Award, a Newbury Medal, and the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award ("Awards by Book"). Bridge to Terabithia is one of the crowning glories of this impressive career, having won an enormous number of its' own awards. One of these organizations is the National Children's Book and Literacy Alliance ("Katherine's Biography"). Furthermore, Paterson has built her presence in the field of Young Adult past her place as a successful author through her involvement with multiple organizations that work for youth and young adult literacy. Paterson was also "named a Living Legend by the Library of Congress" in 2000. Although a full exploration of the endless number of awards this author has won would take up the majority of the length of this review, some of the most notable include two Newbery Medals for various books and the National Book award for her novel The Great Gilly Hopkins. Lewis in 1951 or earlier for Prince Caspian and The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.The success of this novel only adds to the already impressive career of renowned author Katherine Paterson. The name of the imaginary kingdom is similar to that of the Narnian island Terebinthia, created by C.The second was a theatrical film released on February 16, 2007, directed by the co-creator of Nickelodeon's Rugrats and former Hanna-Barbera animator Gabor Csupo and starring Josh Hutcherson, AnnaSophia Robb, Robert Patrick, Bailee Madison, and Zooey Deschanel the adaptation was done in part by David Paterson himself. One was a PBS TV movie made in 1985, starring Annette O'Toole, Julian Coutts, and Julie Beaulieu. Two films have been made based on the novel, both with the original title.
Two other books by Paterson made the top 100. In 2012, the novel was ranked number ten among all-time best children's novels in a survey published by School Library Journal, a monthly with primarily U.S. The work was also awarded an ALA Notable Children's Book, which is given to the best children's books of the year.
Paterson's friend Lisa Hill died from being struck by lightning in 1974. The author thought of writing this book after her son David L.
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