Tuck Everlasting
by: Natalie Babbitt
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Amazon.com Review:
Imagine coming upon a fountain of youth in a forest. To liveforever--isn't that everyone's ideal? For the Tuck family, eternallife is a reality, but their reaction to their fate issurprising. Award winner Natalie Babbitt (Knee-Knock Rise,The Search forDelicious) outdoes herself in this sensitive, moving adventurein which 10-year-old Winnie Foster is kidnapped, finds herself helpinga murderer out of jail, and is eventually offered the ultimategift--but doesn't know whether to accept it. Babbitt asks profoundquestions about the meaning of life and death, and leaves the readerwith a greater appreciation for the perfect cycle of nature. Intenseand powerful, exciting and poignant, Tuck Everlastingwill last forever--in the reader's imagination. An ALA NotableBook. (Ages 9 to 12) --Emilie Coulter
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Doomed to—or blessed with—eternal life after drinking from a magic spring, the Tuck family wanders about trying to live as inconspicuously and comfortably as they can. When ten-year-old Winnie Foster stumbles on their secret, the Tucks take her home and explain why living forever at one age is less a blessing that it might seem. Complications arise when Winnie is followed by a stranger who wants to market the spring water for a fortune.
Imagine coming upon a fountain of youth in a forest. To liveforever--isn't that everyone's ideal? For the Tuck family, eternallife is a reality, but their reaction to their fate issurprising. Award winner Natalie Babbitt (Knee-Knock Rise,The Search forDelicious) outdoes herself in this sensitive, moving adventurein which 10-year-old Winnie Foster is kidnapped, finds herself helpinga murderer out of jail, and is eventually offered the ultimategift--but doesn't know whether to accept it. Babbitt asks profoundquestions about the meaning of life and death, and leaves the readerwith a greater appreciation for the perfect cycle of nature. Intenseand powerful, exciting and poignant, Tuck Everlastingwill last forever--in the reader's imagination. An ALA NotableBook. (Ages 9 to 12) --Emilie Coulter
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Doomed to—or blessed with—eternal life after drinking from a magic spring, the Tuck family wanders about trying to live as inconspicuously and comfortably as they can. When ten-year-old Winnie Foster stumbles on their secret, the Tucks take her home and explain why living forever at one age is less a blessing that it might seem. Complications arise when Winnie is followed by a stranger who wants to market the spring water for a fortune.
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- Tuck Everlasting is a classic
I've been reading thisbeautiful and sensitively written book for three decades now.It never loses its hold on me.The endearing characters, thevivid settings, the adventure, the entire momentum of the story are exquisite.The powerful question Babbitt addresses throughout -would you choose to live forever, if you could - provides great material for meaningful, profound discussion for people of all ages.
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- Joe's review
Hi, my name is Joe and I am in 6th grade. Tuck Everlasting is a book about a girl named Winnie and the secret that she finds out about. Winnie is a girl who lives in a house that is surrounded by a fence just outside of the wood. She decides that she wants to run away and have an adventure, because her parents will not let her go outside the fence.When she gets outside the fence she goes into the wood. While she is there, she see's a boy by the name of Jesse Tuck, drinking water from a spring. ... Read More
Rating: - Joe's Review
My name is Joe and I am in [...] grade. Tuck Everlasting is about a girl named Winnie, who lives in a house outside the Wood.Winnie wants to run away becasue her parents won't let her outside of the fence that surrounds her house. One day, Winnie leaves the fence and goes into the woods. She is kidnapped by a family because of what she saw them doing in the wood and taken back to the kidnappers house.At first, Winnie was afraid of her kidnappers, but then she learns that they are a nice family ... Read More
Rating: - I love tuck everlastig!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm Devin and I love this book! I like how all of it is in the past and has adventure. I like because this is sort of like when I was stuck with a very big decision.The conflict is when Winnie Foster, main character, finds this spring with the Tucks guarding it. The setting is in Treegap, on the mainland in hot August with 10 year old Winnie Foster talking to the toad in her front yard. She is not happy with her parents watching her almost every minute of sunlight. She says she wants to run away and ... Read More
Rating: - I love tuck everlastig!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm Devin and I love this book! I like how all of it is in the past and has adventure. I like because this is sort of like when I was stuck with a very big decision.The conflict is when Winnie Foster, main character, finds this spring with the Tucks guarding it. The setting is in Treegap, on the mainland in hot August with 10 year old Winnie Foster talking to the toad in her front yard. She is not happy with her parents watching her almost every minute of sunlight. She says she wants to run away and ... Read More
- Tuck Everlasting is a classicI've been reading thisbeautiful and sensitively written book for three decades now.It never loses its hold on me.The endearing characters, thevivid settings, the adventure, the entire momentum of the story are exquisite.The powerful question Babbitt addresses throughout -would you choose to live forever, if you could - provides great material for meaningful, profound discussion for people of all ages.
- Joe's reviewHi, my name is Joe and I am in 6th grade. Tuck Everlasting is a book about a girl named Winnie and the secret that she finds out about. Winnie is a girl who lives in a house that is surrounded by a fence just outside of the wood. She decides that she wants to run away and have an adventure, because her parents will not let her go outside the fence.When she gets outside the fence she goes into the wood. While she is there, she see's a boy by the name of Jesse Tuck, drinking water from a spring. ... Read More
- Joe's ReviewMy name is Joe and I am in [...] grade. Tuck Everlasting is about a girl named Winnie, who lives in a house outside the Wood.Winnie wants to run away becasue her parents won't let her outside of the fence that surrounds her house. One day, Winnie leaves the fence and goes into the woods. She is kidnapped by a family because of what she saw them doing in the wood and taken back to the kidnappers house.At first, Winnie was afraid of her kidnappers, but then she learns that they are a nice family ... Read More
- I love tuck everlastig!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I'm Devin and I love this book! I like how all of it is in the past and has adventure. I like because this is sort of like when I was stuck with a very big decision.The conflict is when Winnie Foster, main character, finds this spring with the Tucks guarding it. The setting is in Treegap, on the mainland in hot August with 10 year old Winnie Foster talking to the toad in her front yard. She is not happy with her parents watching her almost every minute of sunlight. She says she wants to run away and ... Read More
- I love tuck everlastig!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I'm Devin and I love this book! I like how all of it is in the past and has adventure. I like because this is sort of like when I was stuck with a very big decision.The conflict is when Winnie Foster, main character, finds this spring with the Tucks guarding it. The setting is in Treegap, on the mainland in hot August with 10 year old Winnie Foster talking to the toad in her front yard. She is not happy with her parents watching her almost every minute of sunlight. She says she wants to run away and ... Read More
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