Author(s): Natalie Babbit

Fiction | Years 4-6 Project

A New York Times Bestseller

Doomed to âe" or blessed with âe" 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.