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Tuck Everlasting

by Natalie Babbitt

Paperback, 148 pages, Feiwel & Friends, List Price: $9.99 |

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The Tuck family is confronted with an agonizing situation when it discovers that a 10-year-old girl and a malicious stranger now share their secret, about a spring of magical water that prevents the drinker from ever growing any older.

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The Gift Of Eternal Shelf Life: 'Tuck Everlasting' Turns 40

January 29, 2015 • In Natalie Babbitt's celebrated classic, a young girl stumbles upon a secret spring and the family the spring has given eternal life to. Babbitt says she wrote the book to help kids understand death.

The Gift Of Eternal Shelf Life: 'Tuck Everlasting' Turns 40

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