Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Tuck Everlasting
Book Review: highly engaging read
Summary: 5 Stars
Tuck family have been keeping their secret for over 80 years, the secret of eternal life that they have been either blessed or cursed with. They haven't aged a day since they have drunk from the mysterious spring in Treegap forest.
Tucks have been living solitary lives, trying not to attract any attention to themselves, moving from one place to another. But everything changes on one hot August day when three unrelated things happen and come together in unexpected strange ways.
Winnie Foster, a 10 year old daughter of rich family who owns the Treegap forest, finds herself pulled deep into Tuck's secret. And to make matters worse, there is a mysterious gentlemen in yellow suit who have set his mind long ago to posses the secret of eternal youth and to get rich on it.
In "Tuck Everlasting" fantasy blends in with mystery and action, making it a fast paced , intense, and highly engaging read. There are many messages woven into the story that reader can identify with - tolerance, choice, greed, acceptance, and the theme of death and life. One of the main ideas of the book is that life is what you make of it, regardless of how long you're given.
Amazing book for kids and adults equally!
Julia Shpak
Author of "Power of Plentiful Wisdom". Available on Amazon.
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Book Review: mystifying and exciting
Summary: 5 Stars
Tuck Everlasting
Children in elementary school should not read the Natalie Babbitt books unless they are very intelligent readers because of the language. Babbitt writes richly using similes, personifications, and metaphors to help the reader understand the differences between Winnie's world and the woods where the Tucks live. To give you an example, at the outskirts of the woods the trees "sigh" because they are at the edge of a place between the Foster's "touch-me-not" world and the enchanted inner part of the woods were everything is magical and lively. She uses personification to make the woods seem more alive there than at the Foster's "touch-me-not" house. You get what I mean now?
Another thing a casual reader wouldn't understand is the complex imagery and the description. Babbitt uses a lot of details so you know what every atom of the object looks like. She does it to give you a perfect idea of the setting. As an example, Babbitt makes the dangerous woods seem inviting. Winnie describes the woods as "the sweet earth was opening its wide four corners to her like the petals of a flower ready to be picked" as if mother nature was giving her a personal greeting to the Tuck's lively house and the true, living inner part of the woods. As an example, a meadow would give you the idea that something happy is going to happen. In a tidy house that is very orderly, everything is in a certain place, and everything is squeaking clean. You would think that place is dull and boring.
Now that we finished the introduction, listen to this. This book isn't worth seven or eight dollars; it's worth a hundred dollars at the lowest price because of the great writing and the word wizardry. It is exciting, mystical, and a great work of literature. It includes many similes, metaphors, foreshadow, and personification. Everyone who is a great young reader will enjoy everything in this book. You would enjoy the plot. It is a story of truth about a young girl who is trapped. Her newfound friends share a spectacular secret. There isn't anything you couldn't like in this story. Make sure you keep a box of tissues beside you because after you finish this story you'll end up weeping. Hope you enjoy the story!!!