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Tuck Everlasting Audio CD – Unabridged, January 22, 1975
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
- Print length3 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- Grade level4 - 7
- Dimensions5.07 x 0.57 x 5.89 inches
- PublisherListening Library
- Publication dateJanuary 22, 1975
- ISBN-101400099102
- ISBN-13978-1400099108
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- Publisher : Listening Library; Unabridged edition (January 22, 1975)
- Language : English
- Audio CD : 3 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1400099102
- ISBN-13 : 978-1400099108
- Reading age : 9 - 12 years, from customers
- Grade level : 4 - 7
- Item Weight : 3.8 ounces
- Dimensions : 5.07 x 0.57 x 5.89 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #1,727,006 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #7,739 in Books on CD
- #9,403 in Children's Classics
- #23,031 in Children's Fantasy & Magic Books
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A gifted artist and writer, Natalie Babbitt's novels are inspired by a brilliance and imagination that is completely original. She began her career in 1966 with the publication of a picture book, The Forty-Ninth Magician, a collaboration with her husband, Samuel Fisher Babbitt. Her first novel, The Search for Delicious, established her gift for writing magical tales with a more profound meaning embedded within them. Kneeknock Rise earned her a Newbery Honor Medal, but it is Tuck Everlasting which has insured Babbitt's place in the history of children's literature. This modern classic, which has also been made recently into a major motion picture starring Alexis Bledel, William Hurt, and Sissy Spacek, asks an enduring and powerful question: If we could live forever, would we want to? Babbitt has written six more novels including The Eyes of the Amaryllis and Goody Hall-each one presenting her unique vision of an enchanted world. Her latest novel, Jack Plank Tells Tales, was published in Spring 2007. Natalie Babbitt lives in Providence, Rhode Island, and is a grandmother of three. When asked what she wants readers to remember about her books, she replied, 'the questions without answers.'
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What I Loved:
*Tuck Everlasting is the book that took hold of me and rooted in my soul when read it. I was ten years old when I first met Winnie and the Tucks. Over thirty years later, this small little book and its wonderful characters are still speaking to me. I adore this book! It is one that will always remain on my shelf. It is the book that stirred something inside of me and made me fall in love with gorgeous writing and simple story telling. This is a timeless book that should be read and loved by everyone.
*The writing is absolutely lovely. It is filled with rich descriptions, beautiful metaphors and similes. It is the book that made me fall in love with gorgeous writing.
*The characters are unforgettable. Just like Winnie, I quickly fell in love with the simplistic and kind Tucks. This wonderful little family who are either blessed or cursed to live forever got inside my head. At first, you think it would be wonderful to live forever, but when you hear the melancholy story of the Tucks, you pause and reconsider. There is something so endearing about the kind, sad Angus Tuck. Mae is sweet and motherly, the salt of the earth. Miles with his heartbreak makes me sad, and I truly hope that he finds a way to do something great. Jesse is the boy who stole my heart. I fell in love with this fun,spirited boy. Winnie at ten, is a girl who is wise beyond her years, and I admired her courage. I could go on and on, but I won't. Just read the book.
*The story is simple and yet complex. Beautiful story telling that makes you think and ponder. I am still mulling over the book after all these years. I catch myself often during that first week of August wondering about the Tucks. It is the type of story that gets into your head, your heart and burrows into your soul and it never lets go. In my heart, I hope the Tucks are out there and that they have found their peace.
And The Not So Much:
*My only complaint is that the book is sweet and short and I crave more. I want to know what happened to Winnie after the fall out. How did her life turn out? Did she ever try to find the Tucks? Why did she make the decision she did regarding the water? I wish that there had been more on her.
*I also was sad that in the final pages that there wasn't any mention of Miles and Jesse. How had they fared over all those years? What were they doing?
Tuck Everlasting is the book from my childhood that still speaks to me all these years later. It is a magical, beautiful and haunting story about a girl who encounters a family with a big secret, a family either blessed or cursed with immortality. Leaving you to wonder what would you do if you could live forever? I urge you if you have not read this lovely little book to pick it up and do so. I have it forever on my shelf and I look forward to the day that I can read it to my children.
I received a copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own and I was not compensated for this review.
Posted@Rainy Day Ramblings.
Winnie Foster is a young girl who escapes her restrictive mother and grandmother one day to wander into the family wood, where she sees a young man drink from a spring under a giant ash tree. Meeting Jesse Tuck will change her boring life, as she has discovered a Tuck family secret: the waters of the spring have life-long powers. The Tuck family kidnaps her in order to convince her that she MUST keep the secret of the spring.
A sinister man witnesses the kidnapping; extorts Winnie's family to "sell" him their Wood in order to rescue Winnie; and then threatens the Tuck family.
What will Winnie do to help her new friends, as the Tucks have become? Will she grow up to "do something important?" Or does one actually have to grow up before they can do something important?
Read it and see.
I assume this really-quick read (148 pages) was written for middle-schoolers, but can definitely be enjoyed by all ages, b/c it presents some really important questions, such as the above one facing Winnie in the story, and the universal question of what would YOU do if presented w/ a chance at immortality? 5 stars.