![]() ![]() Here was a book that brought up an issue that humanity has grappled with since the dawn of time. Yet even as I lamented the lack of a joyous finale as well as the fate of the poor eternal toad at the end (the true victim of the book, in my eyes) I was fascinated with this story. And unhappy children’s literature? Every time I met an ambiguous ending or one that didn’t ascribe to my strict sense of how-a-story-should-end ( Stuart Little stands out in the mind) I was perturbed. Life was to be tied up in a neat little bow, thank you very much. Happy endings were far preferable to unhappy. I was a sensitive child, which is to say, a wimp. I did not think that I liked Tuck Everlasting when I was a kid. – Kristi HazelriggĪ beautiful story about mortality. Intense and powerful, exciting and poignant, Tuck Everlasting will last forever–in the reader’s imagination. ![]() To live forever–isn’t that everyone’s ideal? Babbitt asks profound questions about the meaning of life and death, and leaves the reader with a greater appreciation for the perfect cycle of nature. Imagine coming upon a fountain of youth in a forest. #16 Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt (1975) ![]()
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