Tuck Everlasting

Name: Tuck Everlasting
Brand: Macmillan Publishers New Zealand Ltd
SKU: 9780312369811
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By Natalie Babbitt

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Tuck Everlasting is a timeless tale about young Winnie Foster who discovers a secret spring granting immortality. She meets the Tuck family, who have lived for generations due to the spring's magic. As Winnie wrestles with the implications of eternal life, a sinister stranger seeks to expose the Tucks’ secret, creating tension and stirring questions about the value of life and growing up.
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Ideal for children and young readers, this beloved classic also resonates with adults due to its deep themes of immortality, friendship, and the journey of growing up. Frequently read in classrooms and enjoyed across generations, it is a staple for family bookshelves.

Having been critically acclaimed when it was first published, "Tuck Everlasting" has become a much-loved, well-studied modern-day classic. This anniversary edition features an in-depth interview conducted by Betsy Hearne in which Babbitt takes a look at the book 25 years later.

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The beloved children’s classic with more than 10 million copies sold.

From Newbery Honor and E. B. White Award–winning author Natalie Babbitt, Tuck Everlasting is a spellbinding modern-day masterpiece about immortality, friendship, and growing up that’s sure to be an all-time favourite for every generation.

What if you could live forever? In this timeless story, young Winnie Foster learns of a hidden spring in a nearby wood and meets the Tuck family, whose members reveal their astonishing discovery of the spring’s life-changing power. Now Winnie must decide what to do with her newfound knowledge—and the Tucks must decide what to do with her. But it's not just the curious girl who is interested in their remarkable tale. A suspicious stranger is also searching for the Tucks, and he will stop at nothing until he finds them and uncovers their secret.

A staple on home bookshelves and in classrooms and libraries, Tuck Everlasting has captivated readers of all ages for half a century.

Praise for Tuck Everlasting:

“Probably the best work of our best children's novelist.” —Harper's

“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 Yorker

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Acclaimed as "probably the best work of our best children's novelist" by Harper's, this classic has also been praised as "exciting and excellently written" by The New York Times Book Review and "a fearsome and beautifully written book that can't be put down or forgotten" by The New Yorker. The prose is described as flawless and rich in imagery, blending fantasy with timeless wisdom much like an enduring fairy tale.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780312369811

Publisher: St Martin's Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 21 August 2007

Country: United States

Imprint: St Martin's Press

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 11.0mm

Width: 134.0mm

Height: 193.0mm

Weight: 134g

Pages: 160

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Children's Books Children's Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational Natalie Babbitt Young Adult

About the Author

Artist and writer Natalie Babbitt (1932–2016) is the award-winning author of the modern classic Tuck Everlasting and many other brilliantly original books for young people. As the mother of three small children, she began her career in 1966 by illustrating The Forty-Ninth Magician, written by her husband, Samuel Babbitt. She soon tried her own hand at writing, publishing two picture books in verse. Her first novel, The Search for Delicious, was published in 1969 and established her reputation for creating magical tales with profound meaning. Kneeknock Rise earned Babbitt a Newbery Honor in 1971, and she went on to write—and often illustrate—many more picture books, story collections, and novels. She also illustrated the five volumes in the Small Poems series by Valerie Worth. In 2002, Tuck Everlasting was adapted into a major motion picture, and in 2016 a musical version premiered on Broadway. Born and raised in Ohio, Natalie Babbitt lived her adult life in the Northeast.

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