Tuck Everlasting Mod 2

Tuck Everlasting

By:  Natalie Babbitt

A.    Author	Natalie Babbitt
B.     Title	Tuck Everlasting
C.     Illustrator	N/A
D.    Readability Score	Grade 3-5, 6-7
E.     Genre	Fiction
F.      Subgenre	Fantasy
G.    Theme
H.    Primary and Secondary Characters	Winnie Foster, Mae Tuck, Jesse Tuck, Angus Tuck, Miles Tuck and the man in the yellow suit.
I.       Awards/Date of Publication	Independence, Natural life cycle, greed and love
J.       Publishing Company	Scholastic
K.    ISBN Number	978-0-590-98886-5
L.     Summary	Mae Tuck sets out to meet her sons, Jesse and Miles, for their 10-year reunion near Treegap. Meanwhile, Winnie Foster, bored and cross, tells a toad that she will soon run away. That evening, a stranger in a yellow suite comes by the foster home and stops to ask some questions. As they talk, they hear music coming from the nearby wood. The next day Winnie goes walking in the wood, which is owned by her family. She comes across Jesse Tuck sitting under a large tree and drinking from a spring. When Winnie tries to drink, Jesse stops her. Then Mae and Miles appear. Alarmed at Winnie's discovery of the spring, they kidnap her. Winnie learns that the music she heard comes from Mae's music box. She also learns the Tucks' secret: the water in the spring is magic and has made them ageless. They are all exactly the same age as the day they first drank it many years ago. Despite her worry at being kidnapped, Winnie finds the Tucks kind and rather sweet. At their home, she meets Angus, the father.
M.   Picture of Book Cover
N.    Usage with students	1.  Literature Circles 2.  Illustrate a map of the main setting 3.  Writing based on if you could stay the same age forever what would you do?  Give reasons for your answer.