![]() ![]() ![]() Eventually, she learns their secret and like in any good book, there's also a villain and he wants to steal the Tuck's secret. Winnie Foster, a young girl from a wealthy family, wants her freedom desperately and ends up befriending the Tuck family. They realize that on that fateful day in the woods, they encountered a "fountain of youth" unknowingly and in order to conceal their secret, they must travel the countryside, never staying at one place for too long. They all drink from the spring and as the years go by, they realize some strange things for example, they never age, never get hurt, or even sick. The Tuck family encounters a spring in the woods when traveling. Intense and powerful, exciting and poignant, Tuck Everlasting will last forever-in the reader's imagination." 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. 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. ![]() 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. Goodreads says, " Imagine coming upon a fountain of youth in a forest. ![]()
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