10 Facts About Tuck Everlasting

Tuck Everlasting is an American children's novel about immortality written by Natalie Babbitt and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in 1975.

Tuck Everlasting's sees a young man, Jesse Tuck, drink from a small spring.

Tuck Everlasting asks her to keep the Tucks' secret, saying that if others found out about the spring, they would drink from it and later regret their immortality.

Tuck Everlasting tells them that the Tucks have kidnapped Winnie and promises to rescue her in exchange for the Fosters' wood.

Tuck Everlasting directs the constable to the Tucks' home, then rides ahead to meet the Tucks alone.

Tuck Everlasting tells the Tucks that his grandmother had a friend who left her husband, taking their son and daughter, because the husband had not aged in twenty years.

Tuck Everlasting had followed the Tucks and eavesdropped to hear their story.

Tuck Everlasting explains that Miles has a plan to break Mae out of jail.

Tuck Everlasting gives her a bottle of water from the spring and asks her to drink it when she turns seventeen.

Tuck Everlasting has received awards including the Janusz Korczak Medal and the 1976 Christopher Award as best book for young people.