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

Hardcover Publisher: Bloomsbury Juvenile UK (2014) Language: English Product Dimensions: 13.71 x2.79 x 19.81厘米 Shipping Weight: 379.88克

出版社: Disney Press, (2015年1月1日) 平装 语种： 英语 商品尺寸: 14 x 3.5 x 21 cm 商品重量: 626 g 品牌: Disney Press,

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