I think that you should read Bridge to Terabithia because it is about a kid named Jess arons. Jess was practicing to be the fastes kid at school. Later on a girl named Leslie Burke moves into town. The guys at Jesses school have races at resses and Leslie joined and beat them.  Later on Jess and Leslie are best friends and do everything together.

After a long time a 8 grade girl Janice Avery was rude and mean so they did a dirty joke on her and laughed at her. Then the 2 best friends make a place called Terabithia. After that they celebrate holidays and Jess gave Leslie a puppy. Then Jess went to a museum with a teacher and when he was with the teacher a real bad thing happened. Leslie dies because a rope brakes over a river. so then Jess goes through stages of grief. So then Jesses littel sisster folowed him and almost fell in the river so he caught her and saved her life. Last he bulit a bridge to terabithia and passed it down to May Bell