Letter From The Bridge To Terabithia

I am writing to you about a pressing matter. As you most probably know, things in the media can effect us drastically. Whether it's something we hear, watch, and even read. The Bridge to Terabithia is a book that could effect children in a harmful way, ranging from emotional trauma, to anti-religion messages. I hope after reading this letter, you will consider removing this book from the school curriculum and library. First of all the book deals with a lot of darkness. Jesse doesn't have the happiest home life, nor school life. His father is rough, and his mother holds favoritism over the girls in the family. At school, he is misunderstood by teachers, and doesn't have many friends. Is this really what we want to show kids, about school. Also neither of the children are very good role models. Jesse is argumentative, and regards his parents
in bad taste, and Leslie refers to her parents by their first names. If we are going to uses book to teach for school children, shouldn't the students be able to look up to the characters, as role models? The emotional trauma coming from the book should be reason enough to remove it. Leslie's death is heart breaking, and left me, personally, bawling. Should we really expose middle schoolers to that? The opposing side believes we should expose our children to this because it's real, but we don't show kids every 'real' thing that happens, do we? Mass shootings are real, kidnappings are real, but don't tell them about those things, because they'd be scarred. The book also promotes Secular Humanism, which is nothing awful, but schools are not allowed to discourage, or encourage any sort of religious behavior.
Religion should originate from the home, not school. Also, what are we gaining by teaching kids not to believe in God? Witchcraft is not explicitly stated in the book, but it is encouraged. The two kids create a world for themselves, where magic is everywhere, and that makes kids want to be witches and wizards, but witchcraft goes against Christian and Wiccan beliefs. How can we permit schools violating religious beliefs. Also, if the opposing side wants kids to be realistic, how is encouraging magic, helping their agenda? Bridge to Terabithia is extremely well written, that is irrefutable, but I do not agree with the fact it is marketed to middle schoolers. The book has too much darkness surrounding it, and it has too much of an ability to emotionally scar, to consider it a good study for 8th graders. You would also be doing yourself a great favor, getting rid of such a hotspot for religious controversy. Thank you for reading my letter, and I will expect an answer
soon.