Writing style
Atmospheric · Descriptive · Lyrical
Apple BooksTuck Everlasting
Fantasy · Allegory · Fable
- First published
- 1975
- Print length
- 148 pagesFarrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007
Description
Ten-year-old Winnie Foster, stifled by her protective family in the 1880 village of Treegap, ventures into the woods beside her home. There she sees Jesse Tuck drink from a hidden spring and learns why he stops her from following: its water has made the entire Tuck family unable to age. As Winnie enters their affectionate but isolated world, Angus Tuck explains immortality as a separation from life’s natural movement rather than a simple gift. Jesse nevertheless invites her to drink when she is older and join him forever. Meanwhile, a man in a yellow suit searches for the secret, forcing Winnie to weigh freedom, mortality, loyalty, and the consequences of endless life.
Reading profile
About this profile
Collected’s assessment, not reader ratings. Complexity runs from 1 (least demanding) to 5 (most demanding).
- Writing
- How much attention the sentences and language require.
- Ideas
- How much interpretation or abstract reasoning the book asks of you.
- Structure
- How much you need to keep track of speakers, timelines and connections.
- Background knowledge
- Prior knowledge needed to follow the book, beyond what it explains.
- Emotional intensity
- Emotional pressure, from gentle (1) to intense (5). Separate from difficulty.
Pace
Moderate
Tone
Atmospheric · Philosophical · Suspenseful · Wistful
Structure
Circular · Linear
Focus
Atmosphere · Character · Ideas
Emotional intensity
3 / 5
Reading complexity
1–5 · higher means more demanding- Writing
- 2 / 5
- Ideas
- 3 / 5
- Structure
- 2 / 5
- Background knowledge
- 1 / 5
Themes
Book details
For the print edition listed above.
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780312369811
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