Tuck Everlasting Natalie Babbitt

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Tuck Everlasting Natalie Babbitt
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Tuck Everlasting Natalie Babbitt

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Tuck Everlasting Natalie Babbitt
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Tuck Everlasting Introduction
Winnie Foster is a girl in search of adventure.
Living in a fenced-in cottage with her parents
and grandmother, she feels bored . . . restricted.
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Tuck Everlasting Introduction
On a hot August afternoon, Winnie makes an
announcement to a toad.
She tells the toad that she is going to run away
the next day.
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Tuck Everlasting Introduction
That evening, a mysterious stranger arrives at
the Fosters cottage.
Hes asking a lot of questions.
But he wont say why hes there.
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Tuck Everlasting Introduction
The next morning Winnie Foster sets out on her
own into the woods.
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Tuck Everlasting Introduction
Winnie has imagined all kinds of possible
adventures that might await her.
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Tuck Everlasting Introduction
But Winnie never could have dreamed up the magic
spring that she finds in the woods
or the Tucks, a strange and wonderfuland
immortalfamily.
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Tuck Everlasting Introduction
The Tucks take Winnie to their house.
What do you think immortal people would be like?
What would immortality be like?
Should Winnie choose to become immortal herself?
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Tuck Everlasting Background
For hundreds of years, people all over the world
have passed down stories about springs,
fountains, and rivers that bring everlasting life.
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Tuck Everlasting Background
Ancient Hindu writings tell of a fountain of
youth.
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Tuck Everlasting Background
The spirit world of Greek and Roman mythology
included a spring of immortality.
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Tuck Everlasting Background
One legend says that in the 1500s, Spanish
explorer Juan Ponce de León searched for a spring
in Florida that could restore youth and cure
sickness.
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Tuck Everlasting Background
Of course, the Fountain of Youth is only a legend.
But the idea of waters that grant immortality has
fascinated humans for many centuries.
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Tuck Everlasting Discussion Starters

• Discuss (1)
• At the beginning of the novel, Winnie is feeling
  restricted at home. She longs for freedom and
  excitement, but she is also scared.

• When you are feeling bored and restless, what do
  you usually do to relieve those feelings?
• Do you think its normal for a ten-year-old girl
  to be afraid of the outside world? Explain.

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Tuck Everlasting Discussion Starters

• Discuss (2)
• Imagine that like Winnie, you have discovered a
  way to live forever.

• Would you choose to become immortal or to stay as
  you are? Why?
• If you were going to become immortal, what age
  would you like to be for all eternity? What makes
  you choose that age?