Tuck Everlasting: A Playboys of Boston Novel
Autor Natalie Babbitten Limba Engleză Paperback – 28 feb 2015 – vârsta de la 10 până la 14 ani
Critically acclaimed when it was first published, Natalie Babbitt's Tuck Everlasting has become a much-loved, well-studied modern-day classic. Now a major motion film available on streaming, featuring stars Alexis Bledel, Ben Kingsley, and Sissy Spacek!
What if you could live forever?
Is eternal life a blessing or a curse? That is what young Winnie Foster must decide when she discovers a spring on her family's property whose waters grant immortality. Members of the Tuck family, having drunk from the spring, tell Winnie of their experiences watching life go by and never growing older.
But then Winnie must decide whether or not to keep the Tucks' secret-and whether or not to join them on their never-ending journey.
This title has Common Core connections.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781250059291
ISBN-10: 1250059291
Pagini: 192
Dimensiuni: 137 x 208 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.19 kg
Ediția:Anniversary
Editura: Square Fish
Colecția St. Martin's Press
ISBN-10: 1250059291
Pagini: 192
Dimensiuni: 137 x 208 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.19 kg
Ediția:Anniversary
Editura: Square Fish
Colecția St. Martin's Press
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Winnie Foster is in the woods, thinking of running away from home, when she sees a boy drinking from a spring. Winnie wants a drink too, but before she can take a sip, she is kidnapped by the boy, Jesse Tuck, and his family. She learns that the Tuck family are blessed with - or doomed to - eternal life since drinking from the spring, and they wander from place to place trying to live as inconspicuously as they can. Now Winnie knows their secret. But what does immortality really mean? And can the Tucks help her understand before it's too late?
A beautiful paperback edition of the unforgettable classic of children's writing about what it truly means to live forever. Featuring illustrations by Melissa Castrillon.
Winnie Foster is in the woods, thinking of running away from home, when she sees a boy drinking from a spring. Winnie wants a drink too, but before she can take a sip, she is kidnapped by the boy, Jesse Tuck, and his family. She learns that the Tuck family are blessed with - or doomed to - eternal life since drinking from the spring, and they wander from place to place trying to live as inconspicuously as they can. Now Winnie knows their secret. But what does immortality really mean? And can the Tucks help her understand before it's too late?
A beautiful paperback edition of the unforgettable classic of children's writing about what it truly means to live forever. Featuring illustrations by Melissa Castrillon.
Recenzii
Praise for "Tuck Everlasting":
"Rarely does one find a book with such prose. Flawless in both style and structure, it is rich in imagery and punctuated with light fillips of humor. The author manipulates her plot deftly, dealing with six main characters brought together because of a spring whose waters can bestow everlasting life . . . Underlying the drama is the dilemma of the age-old desire for perpetual youth."--The Horn Book
"Beautiful and descriptive language is the strength of Babbitt's fantasy about Winnie and her encounter with the Tuck family, who cause her--and readers--to ponder an important question: What would it be like to live forever?"--Booklist
"Rarely does one find a book with such prose. Flawless in both style and structure, it is rich in imagery and punctuated with light fillips of humor."--"The Horn Book Magazine"
"Beautiful and descriptive language is the strength of Babbitt's fantasy about Winnie and her encounter with the Tuck family, who cause her--and readers--to ponder an important question: What would it be like to live forever?"--"Booklist"
"Probably the best work of our best children's novelist."--"Harper's"
"A fearsome and beautifully written book that can't be put down or forgotten."--"The New Yorker"
"Exciting and excellently written."--"The New York Times Book Review"
"Natalie Babbitt's great skill is spinning fantasy with the lilt and sense of timeless wisdom of the old fairy tales. . . . It lingers on, haunting your waking hours, making you ponder."--"The Boston Globe"
"With its serious intentions and light touch the story is, like the Tucks, timeless."--"Chicago Sun-Times"
"This book is as shapely, crisp, sweet, and tangy as a summer-ripe pear."--"Entertainment Weekly"
"Rarely does one find a book with such prose. Flawless in both style and structure, it is rich in imagery and punctuated with light fillips of humor. The author manipulates her plot deftly, dealing with six main characters brought together because of a spring whose waters can bestow everlasting life . . . Underlying the drama is the dilemma of the age-old desire for perpetual youth."--The Horn Book
"Beautiful and descriptive language is the strength of Babbitt's fantasy about Winnie and her encounter with the Tuck family, who cause her--and readers--to ponder an important question: What would it be like to live forever?"--Booklist
"Rarely does one find a book with such prose. Flawless in both style and structure, it is rich in imagery and punctuated with light fillips of humor."--"The Horn Book Magazine"
"Beautiful and descriptive language is the strength of Babbitt's fantasy about Winnie and her encounter with the Tuck family, who cause her--and readers--to ponder an important question: What would it be like to live forever?"--"Booklist"
"Probably the best work of our best children's novelist."--"Harper's"
"A fearsome and beautifully written book that can't be put down or forgotten."--"The New Yorker"
"Exciting and excellently written."--"The New York Times Book Review"
"Natalie Babbitt's great skill is spinning fantasy with the lilt and sense of timeless wisdom of the old fairy tales. . . . It lingers on, haunting your waking hours, making you ponder."--"The Boston Globe"
"With its serious intentions and light touch the story is, like the Tucks, timeless."--"Chicago Sun-Times"
"This book is as shapely, crisp, sweet, and tangy as a summer-ripe pear."--"Entertainment Weekly"
Caracteristici
Featuring a stunning cover and interior chapter illustrations by Melissa Castrillon