Author: Natalie Babbitt
ISBN: 0374480125
Publisher: Sunburst, 2000
Age: 9-12
Genre: Fantasy
Summary: The Tuck family had discovered and drank from a well in an untouched forest and for the next 87 years they didn’t grow a day older. They are living eternal life, but their reaction isn’t a happy one. Ten year old Winnie Foster runs away and stumbles across their secret, is kidnapped into their family, helps get a murderer out of jail and is offered the ultimate gift of eternal life, but she is unsure whether to accept it or not.
Awards: ALA Notable Book, International Reading Association, US Honor Book, Lewis Carroll Shelf Award (1978), Christopher Award for Book for Young People, Young Hoosier Book Award Nominee, International Board on Books for Young People Honor Book, Horn Book Fanfare Best Book, Phoenix Honor, and Children’s Choice Book Award.
Read A-likes: Bridge to Terabithia; Number the Stars; Where the Red Fern Grows; Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry.
Personal Thoughts: It had been a long time since I had read this book, but I was pleasantly surprised by it again. A book that asks intense questions about the meaning of life and death.
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