Tuck Everlasting - Paperback
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About the Book: Tuck Everlasting Doomed to - or blessed with - eternal life after drinking from a magic spring, the Tuck family wanders about trying to live as inconspicuously and comfortably as they can. When ten year old Winnie Foster stumbles on their secret, the Tucks kidnap her and explain why living forever at one age is less than a blessing that it might seem. Featured in Elle Hot 100 A welcome reissue of a book previously published in 1977. Long regarded as an American masterpiece, Natalie Babbitts novel deals with a weighty subject-everlasting Market life, no less - with a lightness of touch and a simplicity that never descends to the pedantic or the condescending. Sounds fanciful, but is told with all the cool, sharp, cleareyed realism that represents the best of American writing. And dont be influenced in any way by the fact that a Disney version is in production - just read it. Its breathtaking. Chris Stephenson, Carousel This novel is both lyrical and provocative and a timeless About the Author: Natalie Babbitt Natalie Babbitt started out as an illustrator and has written and illustrated many novels and picture books for children. Tuck Everlasting has won several awards in the US including ALA Notable Book. Natalie has also won countless awards for her other books. Natalie teaches writing for children and book illustration and also writes reviews of childrens literature for the New York Times Book Review and other publications. She is a grandmother of 3 and lives in Rhode Island, USA. Reviews Intense and powerful, exciting and poignant, Tuck Everlasting will last forever - in the readers imagination.- Amazon.com Someone ought to start spreading the word that Natalie Babbitt is not only a childrens writer ... the style is so fine and subtle that grownups too will take real pleasure. Tuck Everlasting is one of the best books ever written - for any age.- Anne Tyler, New York Times "Babbitts economy of style is such that she can use a single gesture or d