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Doomed to―or blessed with―eternal life after drinking from a magic spring, the Tuck family wanders about trying to live as inconspicuously and comfortably as they can. When ten-year-old Winnie Foster stumbles on their secret, the Tucks take her home and explain why living forever at one age is less a blessing that it might seem. Complications arise when Winnie is followed by a stranger who wants to market the spring water for a fortune.This title has Common Core connections.
Lexile Measure: 770L (What's this?)
Paperback: 160 pages
Publisher: Square Fish (September 10, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0312369816
ISBN-13: 978-0312369811
Product Dimensions: 5.1 x 0.5 x 7.6 inches
Shipping Weight: 8.3 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
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Age Range: 10 - 14 years
Grade Level: 5 - 08
Ten year old Winnie Foster lives with her Family in the small town of Treegap, dead center in a massive wood that her family owns. Her Mother and Grandmother, being the overprotective folks that they are, will only allow her to play in the enclosed yard of their house. She becomes rebellious, debating whether she should run away; odds are at least then she would be able to experience some freedom instead of the same, repetitive boring days.Not too far off from the Fosters home the Tuck family is gathering for the first time in ten years. Mae and Angus Tuck are preparing to meet their sons, 17 year old Jesse and 22 year old Miles, at a selected spot. Winnie decides at the same time that she will run away from home and slips off in the morning to do just that. She doesn't make it too far when she encounters a young man sitting against a tree next to a well, and she instantly feels a connection with him. He discovers her presence and introduces himself as Jesse Tuck, before his parents and brother show up. The Tucks are bothered by Winnie and decide, rather inelegantly, to take them home with them once they tell her their story.See, the spring is a magical spring that grants the power of eternal life, and once in their youths the Tucks had all drank from it. Now, 87 years later, the Tucks are suspended in a permanent state of undying, and this affects every one of them in different ways. Angus is bothered by the unending sameness of life, Mae just takes it in stride. Miles, who was married and had children at one time, is sorrowful over the loss of his loved ones, and Jesse...well, Jesse is the only one who seems to be having some fun with his life, and likes to use his immortality as an excuse to live.
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