Tuck+Everlasting

Summary:
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 take her home and explain why living forever at one age is less a blessing that it might seem. Complications arise when Winnie is followed by a stranger who wants to market the spring water for a fortune. Publisher description Lexile: 770

Book Talk from Booktalks Quick and Simple:
Winnie lives with her family outside the town of Treegap. The Fosters are not the kind of people who welcome you to their home. That is probably why no one ever trespasses on the woods on their land. Winnie rarely goes into the woods but on this beautiful day, she does. And what does she find? A teenage boy drinking from a spring that flows deep in the woods. Winnie questions the young man about why he is on her land. The young man tries to explain what is happening but then Winnie finds herself the victim of a kidnapping! Can what this strange family tell her possibly be true? They tell her they will live forever. You see, the water from the spring has magical qualities and once you drink it, you never grow older again. And, you can never die. What seems to be a good thing can actually be a curse. The Tucks try to convince Winnie not to tell anyone about their secret. But isn't this a miracle that should be shared? If it's true that they have found the fountain of youth? Would you take a sip if it were offered to you?

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