Jess Aarons (Josh Hutcherson) is a strange boy who feels both at school and at home. He has trained all summer to be the fastest in its class, but it is coming to school Leslie Burke (Robb) and win the race "boys only". However, they soon become friends. Leslie loves to tell stories of fantasy and magic and Jess opens the door to a world dominated by the imagination. Jess loves to draw, but until then he had not shared this hobby with others. Together they create the secret kingdom of Terabithia, a magical place where you can only go by swinging on an old rope over a stream in the forest. Once there, governing the kingdom, fight the Dark Master and his creatures and plot against the school bullies peers