Tuck Everlasting (1975)

Imagine coming upon a fountain of youth in a forest. To live forever--isn't that everyone's ideal? For the Tuck family, eternal life is a reality, but their reaction to their fate is surprising. Award winner Natalie Babbitt (Knee-Knock Rise, The Search for Delicious) outdoes herself in this sensitive, moving adventure in which 10-year-old Winnie Foster is kidnapped, finds herself helping a murderer out of jail, and is eventually offered the ultimate gift--but doesn't know whether to accept it. Babbitt asks profound questions about the meaning of life and death, and leaves the reader with a greater appreciation for the perfect cycle of nature. Intense and powerful, exciting and poignant, Tuck Everlasting will last forever--in the... full description reader's imagination. An ALA Notable Book. (Ages 9 to 12) --Emilie Coulter (less description)

Author: Natalie Babbitt

Categories: Ages 9-12, Literature, People & Places, Authors & Illustrators, A-Z, Issues, Children's Books