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“This book is as shapely, crisp, sweet, and tangy as a summer-ripe pear.” - Entertainment Weekly 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 “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

“A fearsome and beautifully written book that can't be put down or forgotten.” - The New York Times 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.Ī brand-new introduction from Gregory Maguire, the author of Wicked, and additional bonus materials make this special edition of Natalie Babbitt's Tuck Everlasting a must-have for lovers of the book and a great way to introduce a new generation to a classic. 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 Lewis George Orwell Mary Pope Osborne LeUyen Pham Dav Pilkey Roger Priddy Rick Riordan J.