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The story has a [[Bittersweet Ending]]. It has been banned on more than one occasion for [[Hot for Student]] [[Subtext]] and other [[Complaining About Shows You Don't Watch|non-existent sexual content]]<ref>Jesse has a crush on one of his teachers, something everyone who's reached the age of 12 can probably relate to. She invites him to the museum, and insists on paying on the grounds that [[Fair for Its Day|she's a liberated woman and invited ''him'']] (and, more practically, she's a teacher and can afford it better). That's literally as far as it goes -- there's zero evidence that said teacher has any inappropriate feelings or is aware of his crush. Once more, she invited Jesse ''and'' Leslie.</ref>
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* [[Adaptation Distillation]]: Because the setting is changed to the present day, there's less focus on Jesse wanting to be an artist, which was the main conflict between him and his father in the book. It also doesn't make a big deal about Leslie being a [[Tomboy]].
* [[Aloof Big Brother]]: Jess is one to Maybelle.
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* [[Coming of Age Story]]
* {{spoiler|[[Death by Newbery Medal]]}}: Probably the [[Trope Codifier]].
* [[Does Not Like Shoes]]: Jesse and Leslie both went barefoot (as
* [[Evil Redhead]]: Gary Fulcher in the 2007 film, though he's more of a [[Jerk Jock]] than evil, he's highly antagonistic throughout.
* [[First Love]]: In this [[Tear Jerker]] of a novel, this trope is subtly implied with the friendship between Jess and his friend Leslie, a girl who introduces him to the titular Terabithia, and this variety of the "special, sweet, innocent" type of first love, on both Jess and Leslie's parts.
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