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Tuck Everlasting

by Natalie Babbitt

Tuck Everlasting Cover

ISBN13: 9780312369811
ISBN10: 0312369816
Condition: Standard
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Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

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.

Synopsis:

A New York Times Bestseller

An ALA Notable Book

Granted eternal life after drinking from a magic spring, the Tuck finds that living forever at one age is less a blessing than it might seem.

An Accelerated Reader(R) title for Ages 9-12.

About the Author

A gifted artist and writer, Natalie Babbitt’s novels are inspired by a brilliance and imagination that is completely original. She began her career in 1966 with the publication of a picture book, The Forty-Ninth Magician, a collaboration with her husband, Samuel Fisher Babbitt. Her first novel, The Search for Delicious, established her gift for writing magical tales with a more profound meaning embedded within them. Kneeknock Rise earned her a Newbery Honor Medal, but it is Tuck Everlasting which has insured Babbitt’s place in the history of children’s literature. This modern classic, which has also been made recently into a major motion picture starring Alexis Bledel, William Hurt, and Sissy Spacek, asks an enduring and powerful question: If we could live forever, would we want to?

     Babbitt has written six more novels including The Eyes of the Amaryllis and Goody Hall—each one presenting her unique vision of an enchanted world. Her latest novel, Jack Plank Tells Tales, was published in Spring 2007.

     Natalie Babbitt lives in Providence, Rhode Island, and is a grandmother of three. When asked what she wants readers to remember about her books, she replied, “the questions without answers.”

Product Details

ISBN:
9780312369811
Author:
Babbitt, Natalie
Publisher:
Square Fish
Author:
Babbitt, Natalie
Subject:
General Juvenile Fiction
Subject:
Social Issues - General
Subject:
Classics
Subject:
Aging
Subject:
Immortality
Subject:
Family secrets
Publication Date:
August 2007
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
- Up
Language:
English
Pages:
148
Dimensions:
7.64x5.26x.47 in. .30 lbs.
Age Level:
10-UP

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