Recipient of many awards, including the 1976 Christopher Award for Best Book for Young People, this remarkable gem has stood the test of time.

It is simply written in a fairytale style. And, each and every word is used sparingly with a magical eloquence.

Young Winnie Foster is bored and leaves the confines of her house where she walks into the woods surrounding her home to discover members of the Tuck family.

In taking her journey, Winnie is transformed by the Tucks as she learns that over 100 years ago they drank from a spring in the woods and thus have eternal life.

Fearful that she will divulge the secret, the Tucks take her home with them where they explain the consequences of never dying and of the unrealistic style of life in contradiction of the ebb and flow of life and death.

Thought provoking in content, delightfully, wonderfully written, I highly recommend this one. ( )

Tuck Everlasting is a great book for middle school students. It brings up controversial topics such as death, everlasting life, making decisions without thinking things through and weighing all options. There have also been audio tapes and a video made which might help students who read at a lower level. I have used this book as a read aloud in my 6th grade ESL classroom and the students love it! We usually watch the movie afterward and they do a compare/contrast paper on the book vs. the movie. ( )

Tuck Everlasting is about a young girl named Winnie who is very sheltered. One day she leaves home to the woods and meets a family who has a very big secret, they are immortal. The Tucks have drank water from a spring that has the ablility to make a human live forever. Winnie soon has to face a decision of her own whether or not to drink from the spring.

At first I wasn't sure if I would be able to get into the book but the farther along I got the more I enjoyed it. I thought it had a really good plot and the author really knew how to draw the audience in.

In the classroom I would have my students read the book then compare it to the movie. Also, I would have the students write a short story on whether or not they would choose to live forever.

Tuck Everlasting is a wonderful book about a young girl named Winnie who becomes forever involved with the Tuck family. The Tucks discovered a spring in the woods owned by Winnie's family. Once one drinks from the spring, they become immortal. Winnie discovers the spring, then is discovered by the Tucks. The story is about Winnie's love for the tuck family, and her hunger for adventure.

I couldn't put this book down. Winnie is faced with many new emotions and forced to make hard decisions for a 10 year old girl. I was immediately caught up in Winnie's adventures with the Tucks.


In the classroom, I would have the students write about wheather or not they would drink from the spring.

Tuck Everlasting is a very interesting story that deals with many different subjects, the main one being immortality. The story is about a young girl named Winnie Foster. Winnie is brought up in a very strict household. She usually spends her time doing things such as piano lessons, but she is never content with such things. She has a very restless and wandering spirit. The curiosity that she has drives her to run away, where she meets the Tucks. The Tucks are a very interesting family who have a secret...they're immortal! The book is full of twists and turns that leave you in suspense.

I loved this book! It's hard for a story to keep me interested, but I couldn't put it down. I think it has a good balance of different themes such as mystery, love, and death. It's more appropriate for older students and I believe they'll love it!

After reading the book, there are a number of assignments that student's can participate in. One thing they can do is choose their favorite character and draw them the way they picture them. They can then surrond the drawing with some of their favorite quotes in the book from that character.