It was the kind of laughter that caught like briars in her chest and felt very much like pain.

Katherine Paterson

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Katherine Paterson (née Womeldorf; born October 31, 1932) is an American writer best known for children's novels, including Bridge to Terabithia (1977), which won the Newbery Medal in 1978. For four different books published 1975–1980, she won two Newbery Medals and two National Book Awards. She is one of four...

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