5/9/2023 0 Comments Tuck everlasting book coverFlawless in both style and structure, it is rich in imagery and punctuated with light fillips of humor., "Rarely does one find a book with such prose. Rarely does one find a book with such prose. It lingers on, haunting your waking hours, making you ponder." - The Boston Globe "This book is as shapely, crisp, sweet, and tangy as a summer-ripe pear." - Entertainment Weekly Praise for Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt: "A fearsome and beautifully written book that can't be put down or forgotten." - The New York Times "Exciting and excellently written." - The New York Times Book Review "With its serious intentions and light touch the story is, like the Tucks, timeless." - Chicago Sun-Times "Probably the best work of our best children's novelist." - Harper's "Natalie Babbitt's great skill is spinning fantasy with the lilt and sense of timeless wisdom of the old fairy tales. But then Winnie must decide whether or not to keep the Tucks' secret-and whether or not to join them on their never-ending journey. Members of the Tuck family, having drunk from the spring, tell Winnie of their experiences watching life go by and never growing older. The classic novel about a young girl who stumbles upon a family's stunning secret What if you could live forever? 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.
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