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23 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A light, yet thought-provoking read, 17 Aug 2003
By A Customer
"Tuck Everlasting", by Natalie Babbitt, is a fairly short book, yet it still manages to be a thought-provoking story that brings up a lot of issues, such as what we need in life to be happy. In the book, the strictly brought-up and proper main character, Winnie finds a spring whose water makes the drinker immortal. She doesn't drink from it, however, because she is stopped by the Tuck family, who are immortal. They are the only ones who know the secret of the spring. At first she is angry, but gradually she comes to understand what immortality really means and she is glad the Tucks stopped her from drinking. Immortality is something that has always fascinated the human race, who wouldn't want to live forever? This book examines immortality carefully and really makes the reader think hard about it.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Read, 21 Mar 2008
This is an amazing book, even if the film a few years back failed to capture the magic of the story. This book is often used in Children's Literature courses, and is also used in grief counseling for children. It has much to offer on many different levels.
The Tucks have a secret, and their secret can either be seen as a blessing or a curse. The Tucks drank from a magic spring and now they cannot die. Young Winnie Foster finds out their secret and so the Tucks take her home to try and explain the secret and the importance of keeping it. Yet now the town is in an uproar looking for the Tucks, and the family needs Winnie's help.
The writing is excellent, and the story will keep you turning the pages. If you are looking for a book for yourself or to read to children in your life, this is an excellent pick. Well written, with impeccable prose, you will not be disappointed.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
A wonderful tale for adults and children, 7 Oct 2009
Tuck Everlasting is the tale of both the Tuck family and Winnie Forster. Winnie Forster is a very precocious ten year old girl who is slightly fed up of being at home and is starting to test her freedom. In fact she is resolute that she will runaway as she is always telling the toad at the bottom of the garden and yet inevitably putting the event off. One day after a man in a yellow coat comes to the house they hear what Winnie's Grandmother says is elf music and the next day a highly dubious Winnie goes off into the woods her family own, but are out of bound to Winnie, to try and find the source of the music. I utterly loved Winnie as a character and could have happily read much more of her than the 140 pages of this book.
What she finds are not elves but instead a young boy, Jesse Tuck, who is drinking from a stream hidden in the wood. When a thirsty Winnie goes to drink from the stream he won't let her and once his family arrive so worried are they that Winnie has seen the stream they kidnap her. The reason is she now knows of the stream that once you drink from makes you live and stay the same age forever and never die. Once Winnie knows the truth she thinks it would be wonderful, however as the Tuck family show her living forever has its dark and downsides too.
This book is actually a children's classic, it is one that is definitely is a cross over book though. I am unashamed to add that I was completely and utterly spellbound by the book. It has all the makings of a modern fable and fairytale; you have the inquisitive young girl, the water of eternal life, a boy who can live forever, a very good-in-a-dark-way baddie (beware men in yellow), a few twists and of course a toad. Wonderful!
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