Tuck Everlasting

Author: Natalie Babbit
Year: 1975
Age Level: Young Adult?
Genre: Fantasy, coming of age

Plot Summary: Winnie Foster lives with her overprotective parents and grandmother, and she longs for something more interesting in life. Feeling bold, Winnie finally ventures into the mysterious woods surrounding the house and discovers Edward Cullen a handsome boy at a spring. What Winnie doesn't know is that this spring has given the entire Tuck family eternal life. When Winnie is offered the same, will she choose to live forever?

Red Flags: One scene of mild violence

Movie Version: Tuck Everlasting

Memorable Quotes: "'Know what that is, all around us, Winnie?' said Tuck, his voice low. 'Life. Moving, growing, changing, never the same two minutes together. This water, you look out at it every morning, and it looks the same, but it ain't. All night long it's been moving, coming in through the stream back there to the west, slipping out through the stream down east here, always quiet, always new, moving on. You can't hardly see the current, can you? And sometimes the wind makes it look like it's going the other way. But it's always there, the water's always moving on, and someday, after a long while, it comes to the ocean.'"

My Rating: A-. I enjoyed this book. It was a nice read, very summery, nice story. I wasn't blown away but I do like Babbitt's writing style and her descriptions. I think I missed the romance element from the movie a bit, and some of the character development for Jesse.