Tuck Everlasting

Version: Unabridged
Author: Natalie Babbitt
Narrator: Melissa Hughes
Genres: Classics, Juvenile Fiction
Publisher: Audio Bookshelf
Date: September 2000
Length: 3 hours
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Overview

Wouldn't it be wonderful if we could stop aging right now - and live forever? This is the question young Winnie Foster faces when she discovers a magic spring and a family who unwittingly drank from it and instantly stopped aging. But greed intervenes in their friendship when a mysterious stranger in a yellow suit has one idea in mind - to exploit the spring and become extremely rich.

Reviews (1)

Fair family listening

Written by Dena Jensen on January 6th, 2008

  • Book Rating: 3/5

I rented this selection specifically to listen to with my children. They were a little bored at times. I thought the story was interesting but not action-packed. The story did spark a good "what would you do" discussion with the older kids (7 and 12) that made it worthwhile.

Author Details

Author Details

Babbitt, Natalie

A gifted artist and writer, NATALIE BABBITT's novels are inspired by a brilliance and imagination that is completely original. She began her career in 1966 with the publication of a picture book, THE FORTY-NINTH MAGICIAN, a collaboration with her husband, Samuel Fisher Babbitt. Her first novel, THE SEARCH FOR DELICIOUS, established her gift for writing magical tales with a more profound meaning embedded within them. KNEEKNOCK RISE earned her a Newbery Honor Medal, but it is TUCK EVERLASTING which has insured Babbitt's place in the history of children's literature. This modern classic, which ha