Square Fish Tuck Everlasting

Medieval alchemists firmly believed in the existence of the Water of Life which, once drunk, made you live forever, and modern science is looking for it now.Written in the 1970s, just when scientists were first thinking that immortality might actually be possible, was this short novel for 9+ years. In early 19th century America a pioneering family, the Tucks, do stumble on a spring with water that gives them immortality when drunk, though it take them another twenty years to realise it, and then they have to go undercover to live before their neighbours denounce them as witches etc. Eighty years later, towards the end of the 19th century, a young girl called Winnie stumbles on their secret, which leads to complications for all of them. The end of the novel takes place in the brash, ramped-up 1950s, and the Tucks are still trying to lie low. How they'd continue to manage to keep their secret in today's CCTV world is an intriguing thought.It's a very simple story, but it is so beautifully written, with such lyrical language and great sensitivity, that it is deservedly a classic of children's literature.

A story of a family who have accidentally drunk from the well of immortality and their chance meeting with a young girl who is the only person to learn their secret. A short, tight, lovely book. I can understand why it's considered a classic.

The first time I've ever found a classic book to be less good than the film version. The William Hurt/Sissy Spacek film is head and shoulders above the book it is based upon. Still a fun read, though.

Couldn’t put it down from start to finish

Always loved the movie but never read the book (unusual for me) so I decided to read it and it was great, unfortunately I prefer the movie which is the first time this has ever happened to me. But it was great to read anyway