TUCK EVERLASTING

Author: Natalie Babbitt
Narrator: Melissa Hughes

 

An ALA Notable Book Award
Phoenix Book Honor Award, 1995
 
Ages: 10 and up

Cassette:
Length: 3 hrs / 2 cassettes
ISBN#1-883332-13-3
Price: $21.95

CD:
Length: 3 hours/ 3 CDs
ISBN#1-883332-64-8
Price: $29.95

Paperback Price: $5.95
  
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Audio Reviews:

"Melissa Hughes does a lovely job of reading Babbitt's expressive prose - this production serves both author and listener well."
                    -School Library Journal
 
"Melissa Hughes' skill in probing the emotional consequences, in differentiating the varied characters and in shading their qualities through vocal subtleties brings new accessibility to this powerful story."
                    -Booklist
 
"Natalie Babbitt has consistently written unforgettable modern classics and Tuck Everlasting is one of her most memorable. This is a highly imaginative adventure for the young adult reader. This reading by Melissa Hughes is restrained and elegent..."
                     -Children's Book Review

SYNOPSIS:

Wouldn't it be wonderful if we could stop aging right now - and live forever? This is the question young Winnie Foster faces when she discovers a magic spring and a family who unwittingly drank from it and instantly stopped aging. But greed intervenes in their friendship when a mysterious stranger in a yellow suit has one idea in mind - to exploit the spring and become extremely rich.

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