Where Does the Book Bridge to Terabithia Take Place

Bridge to Terabithia is set in rural Virginia in the mid-1970’s.

Why is the Bridge to Terabithia a banned book?

Bridge to Terabithia has the dubious distinction of being one of the most frequently banned and/or challenged books in the United States, supposedly because of its references to witchcraft and atheism and a lot of swearing.

Is Terabithia a real place in the book?

Paterson’s inspiration for the book didn‘t come wholly from real-life experiences. An avid reader of C.S. Lewis, she said a location in his famous Chronicles of Narnia books may have subconsciously inspired the name of Terabithia: an island in The Voyage of the Dawn Treader called Terebinthia.