Tuck Everlasting
Sep 2010 · Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
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The beloved children’s classic with more than more than 10 million copies sold.
From Newbery Honor and E. B. White Award–winning author Natalie Babbitt, Tuck Everlasting is a spellbinding modern-day masterpiece about immortality, friendship, and growing up that’s sure to become an all-time favorite for every generation.
What if you could live forever? In this timeless story young Winnie Foster learns of a hidden spring in a nearby wood and meets the Tuck family, whose members reveal their astonishing discovery of the spring’s life-changing power. Now Winnie must decide what to do with her newfound knowledge—and the Tucks must decide what to do with her. But it’s not just the curious girl who is interested in their remarkable tale. A suspicious stranger is also searching for the Tucks, and he will stop at nothing until he finds them and uncovers their secret.
A staple on home bookshelves and in classrooms and libraries, Tuck Everlasting has captivated readers of all ages for half a century.
Praise for Tuck Everlasting:
“Probably the best work of our best children's novelist.” —Harper's
“Exciting and excellently written.” —The New York Times Book Review
“A fearsome and beautifully written book that can't be put down or forgotten.” —The New Yorker
From Newbery Honor and E. B. White Award–winning author Natalie Babbitt, Tuck Everlasting is a spellbinding modern-day masterpiece about immortality, friendship, and growing up that’s sure to become an all-time favorite for every generation.
What if you could live forever? In this timeless story young Winnie Foster learns of a hidden spring in a nearby wood and meets the Tuck family, whose members reveal their astonishing discovery of the spring’s life-changing power. Now Winnie must decide what to do with her newfound knowledge—and the Tucks must decide what to do with her. But it’s not just the curious girl who is interested in their remarkable tale. A suspicious stranger is also searching for the Tucks, and he will stop at nothing until he finds them and uncovers their secret.
A staple on home bookshelves and in classrooms and libraries, Tuck Everlasting has captivated readers of all ages for half a century.
Praise for Tuck Everlasting:
“Probably the best work of our best children's novelist.” —Harper's
“Exciting and excellently written.” —The New York Times Book Review
“A fearsome and beautifully written book that can't be put down or forgotten.” —The New Yorker
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February 5, 2010
I like the main plot, but the ending was too sad. Winnie should have chosen immortality instead of death, to be with the Tuck family. That would have been a happier and more enjoyable ending. This book is kind of like the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer. I couldn't sleep after seeing the movie (yes, I know this review is about the book, but I watched the movie). I would have loved to see a movie like this with a happier ending. (in other words, I much enjoyed the twilight and new moon movies)
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September 30, 2008
Short yet a good read! Tuck Everlasting brings on an interesting perspective of ones perspective of life. Winnie Foster one day goes through the forrest and finds a boy named Jesse who is drinking the spring water. She is kidnapped by his familly and has the best time she's ever had but time is running out, what will she do live or die?
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tuck everlasting is about a girl named Winnie she lives by a wood were there is a spring that pours out magic water. if you drink the water you live for evmatter what you do you cant die. one day Winnie went out for a walk in the wood and she saw a boy named Jessie she saw him drinking the water and asked if she can have some Jessie told her the water was gross and dirty. but it was really because it was magic water and Jessie didnt want Winnie to know. but winnie findsg out and they must kidnap her. then there was a strange man in a yellow hat that followed Winnie and the tuck family to there house in the woods. once he saw that the family kidnapped her he went back to his house. but the thing was that the family was not holding Winnie there agents her will she actually started to like the family and they were nice to her the. boy named Jessie, the one she saw in the woods liked Winnie. two days past. then there was a knock on the door when may opened the door there was the police and they wanted to take Winnie back to her home and put the whole tuck family in prison. When the man with the yellow hat went inside to take Winnie home may pulled out a gun and threatened to shoot the man if he touched winnie. But the man would not listen to her so she shot him dont worry hid not die but they took Winnie to jail. and if you read the took you will find out what happens to everyone. i hope you read it you would really in joy it.
About the author
Artist and writer Natalie Babbitt (1932–2016) is the award-winning author of the modern classic Tuck Everlasting and many other brilliantly original books for young people. As the mother of three small children, she began her career in 1966 by illustrating The Forty-Ninth Magician, written by her husband, Samuel Babbitt. She soon tried her own hand at writing, publishing two picture books in verse. Her first novel, The Search for Delicious, was published in 1969 and established her reputation for creating magical tales with profound meaning. Kneeknock Rise earned Babbitt a Newbery Honor in 1971, and she went on to write—and often illustrate—many more picture books, story collections, and novels. She also illustrated the five volumes in the Small Poems series by Valerie Worth. In 2002, Tuck Everlasting was adapted into a major motion picture, and in 2016 a musical version premiered on Broadway. Born and raised in Ohio, Natalie Babbitt lived her adult life in the Northeast.
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