She had tricked him. She had made him leave his old self behind and co…

Katherine Paterson
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She had tricked him. She had made him leave his old self behind and come into her world, and then before he was really at home in it but too late to go back, she had left him stranded there--like an astronaut wandering about on the moon. Alone. ✨ Katherine Paterson (1995). Bridge to Terabithia, Hippo Bks
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