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Tuck everlasting rating8/30/2023 ![]() He tells Winnie’s family (who have started to worry about her) that he will find Winnie and bring her back if they give him the forest. Then another man learns about the spring that makes the drinker immortal. Later in the story, the Tucks set out to take Winnie back to her family. ![]() Jesse’s family all drank from it and became immortal.īut what is wrong with eternal life? The brother of Jesse Tuck, Miles Tuck, was married, but when he became immortal, his wife thought that he had sold his soul to the Devil. The curse of the spring is that it grants the drinker eternal life. There they explain to her the curse of the spring. Jesse Tuck and his family take Winnie to their house. Then he hears his parents coming and says that they will explain the story to her. He stops her, wondering aloud how he will explain the story of the spring to her. Then she attempts to drink the water coming from the spring. Of course, she thinks that he is joking and trying to trick her and so she asks him how old he really is. Jesse claims that he is one hundred and four years old. The boy tells her that she should not drink from it. Marshmallow’s Summary (with spoilers): Winifred Foster (nicknamed Winnie) is venturing in a forest that she thinks is owned by her family when she finds a spring. Marshmallow’s quick take: If you like books that pose life-size dilemmas and dig deeper into well-known stories, then this might be the book for you. Marshmallow reviews Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt. Below she reviews a newish classic, Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt, published first in 1975, that explores the theme of immortality, in a way reminiscent of the story of Peter Pan. Marshmallow enjoys reading books that pose complicated questions.
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