{"id":6776,"date":"2026-08-10T12:00:24","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T16:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/?p=6776"},"modified":"2026-08-09T16:21:05","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T20:21:05","slug":"readers-advisory-episode-295-bridge-to-terabithia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/readers-advisory-episode-295-bridge-to-terabithia\/","title":{"rendered":"Readers Advisory: Episode 295 &#8211; Bridge to Terabithia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s what we suggest instead of\/in addition to reading <i>Bridge to Terabithia<\/i> by Katherine Paterson. Listen to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/episode-295-bridge-to-terabithia\/\">the podcast<\/a>\u00a0to hear us talk about some of these titles in more depth!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6783\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/blues-146x220.jpg\" alt=\"All the Blues in the Sky by Renee Watson\" width=\"146\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/blues-146x220.jpg 146w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/blues-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/blues-678x1024.jpg 678w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/blues-1017x1536.jpg 1017w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/blues.jpg 1324w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 146px) 100vw, 146px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6784\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/boys-143x220.jpg\" alt=\"All Boys Aren't Blue by George Johnson\" width=\"143\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/boys-143x220.jpg 143w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/boys-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/boys.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 143px) 100vw, 143px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6785\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/dear-150x218.jpg\" alt=\"Dear Mothman by Robin Gow\" width=\"150\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/dear-150x218.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/dear-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/dear-704x1024.jpg 704w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/dear.jpg 825w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781547605897\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>All the Blues in the Sky<\/em> by Renee Watson<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781250895561\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>All Boys Aren&#8217;t Blue<\/em> by George Johnson<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781419764417\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Dear Mothman<\/em> by Robin Gow<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6786\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/goat-150x220.jpg\" alt=\"DJ Rosenblum Becomes the GOAT by Abby White\" width=\"150\" height=\"220\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6787\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/king-150x218.jpg\" alt=\"King and the Dragonflies by Kacen Callender\" width=\"150\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/king-150x218.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/king-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/king-705x1024.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/king.jpg 826w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4453\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/lion-148x220.jpg\" alt=\"The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis\" width=\"148\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/lion-148x220.jpg 148w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/lion-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/lion.jpg 336w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 148px) 100vw, 148px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781646145652\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>DJ Rosenblum Becomes the GOAT<\/em> by Abby White<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781338129342\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>King and the Dragonflies <\/em>by Kacen Callender<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780064404990\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe<\/em> by C.S. Lewis (Chronicles of Narnia)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6788\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/shape-146x220.jpg\" alt=\"The Shape of Thunder by Jasmine Warga\" width=\"146\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/shape-146x220.jpg 146w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/shape-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/shape.jpg 295w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 146px) 100vw, 146px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1086\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/jellyfish-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"The Thing About Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin\" width=\"157\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/jellyfish-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/jellyfish.jpg 356w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 157px) 100vw, 157px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6789\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/wedding-143x220.webp\" alt=\"The Wedding People by Alison Espach\" width=\"143\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/wedding-143x220.webp 143w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/wedding-195x300.webp 195w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/wedding-667x1024.webp 667w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/wedding-1001x1536.webp 1001w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/wedding.webp 1303w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 143px) 100vw, 143px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780062956682\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>The Shape of Thunder<\/em> by Jasmine Warga<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780316380843\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>The Thing About Jellyfish<\/em> by Ali Benjamin<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781250899552\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>The Wedding People<\/em> by Alison Espach<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6790\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/redfern-150x220.jpg\" alt=\"Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls\" width=\"150\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/redfern-150x220.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/redfern-204x300.jpg 204w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/redfern-695x1024.jpg 695w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/redfern.jpg 815w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6791\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/who-144x220.jpg\" alt=\"Who I Always Was by Theresa Okokon\" width=\"144\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/who-144x220.jpg 144w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/who-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/who-672x1024.jpg 672w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/who.jpg 788w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 144px) 100vw, 144px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6792 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/usafter-142x220.jpg\" alt=\"Us, After: A Memoir of Love and Suicide by Rachel Zimmerman\" width=\"142\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/usafter-142x220.jpg 142w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/usafter-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/usafter.jpg 647w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 142px) 100vw, 142px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780440412670\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Where the Red Fern Grows<\/em> by Wilson Rawls<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781668008966\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Who I Always Was<\/em> by Theresa Okokon<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781951631352\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Us, After: A Memoir of Love and Suicide<\/em> by Rachel Zimmerman<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6793\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/dead-150x184.jpg\" alt=\"Dead Poets Society\" width=\"180\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/dead-150x184.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/dead-245x300.jpg 245w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/dead.jpg 342w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6794\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/mygirl-150x218.webp\" alt=\"My Girl\" width=\"150\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/mygirl-150x218.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/mygirl-207x300.webp 207w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/mygirl.webp 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4bE3H9i\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Dead Poets Society<\/em> (movie)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4fMGrbJ\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>My Girl<\/em> (movie)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s what we suggest instead of\/in addition to reading Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson. Listen to\u00a0the podcast\u00a0to hear us talk about some of these titles in more depth!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[2738,513,2737,2732,2023,2733,2740,2718,2203,1922,2734,2735,48,30,1313,2739,2736,1921],"class_list":["post-6776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ra","tag-abby-white","tag-ali-benjamin","tag-alison-espach","tag-bridge-to-terabithia","tag-c-s-lewis","tag-dead-poets-society","tag-george-johnson","tag-jasmine-warga","tag-kacen-callender","tag-katherine-paterson","tag-my-girl","tag-rachel-zimmerman","tag-readalikes","tag-readers-advisory","tag-renee-watson","tag-robin-gow","tag-theresa-okokon","tag-wilson-rawls"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6776"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6776\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6797,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6776\/revisions\/6797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}