“This book is as shapely, crisp, sweet, and tangy as a summer-ripe pear. It lingers on, haunting your waking hours, making you ponder.” - The Boston Globe “Natalie Babbitt's great skill is spinning fantasy with the lilt and sense of timeless wisdom of the old fairy tales. “Probably the best work of our best children's novelist.” - Harper's Tuck Everlasting Natalie Babbitt 3.89 262,684 ratings11,120 reviews 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. “With its serious intentions and light touch the story is, like the Tucks, timeless.” - Chicago Sun-Times “Exciting and excellently written.” - The New York Times Book Review Artist and writer Natalie Babbitt (19322016) is the award-winning author of the modern classic Tuck Everlasting and many other brilliantly original books for. “A fearsome and beautifully written book that can't be put down or forgotten.” - The New York Times Praise for Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt: Members of the Tuck family, having drunk from the spring, tell Winnie of their experiences watching life go by and never growing older.īut then Winnie must decide whether or not to keep the Tucks’ secret-and whether or not to join them on their never-ending journey. Is eternal life a blessing or a curse? That is what young Winnie Foster must decide when she discovers a spring on her family’s property whose waters grant immortality. The classic novel about a young girl who stumbles upon a family's stunning secret
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