Tuck Everlasting 内容简介 Doomed to or blessed with 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." 作者简介 A gifted artist and writer, Natalie Babbitt is the award-winning author of the modern classic "Tuck Everlasting," "The Eyes of the Amaryllis," "Kneeknock Rise" and many other brilliantly original books for young people. She began her career in 1966 as the illustrator of "The Forty-ninth Magician," a collaboration with her husband. When her husband became a college president and no longer had time to collaborate, Babbitt tried her hand at writing. Her first novel, "The Search for Delicious," establish
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After a tumultuous year in New York City, the Austins arespending the summer on the small island where their grandfatherlives. He’s very sick, and watching his condition deteriorate asthe summer passes is almost more than Vicky can bear. To complicatematters, she finds herself as the center of attention for threevery different boys. Zachary Grey, the troubled and recklessboy Vicky met last summer, wants her all to himself as he grievesthe loss of his mother. Leo Rodney has been just a friend foryears, but the tragic loss of his father causes him to turn toVicky for comfort—and romance. And then there’s Adam Eddington.Adam is only asking Vicky to help with his research on dolphins.But Adam—and the dolphins—may just be what Vicky needs to getthrough this heartbreaking summer.
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