| Booktalk
#1
Mae Tuck, Miles, Jesse and
Tuck (father) have drunk from a spring that keeps them from dying. Winnie
Foster finds them at the spring. They keep her overnight to make sure she
knows it's better if the spring is kept secret. She's a bit of a wishful
rebel. Great nature setting with sunlight, sound connections (music box,
boat into water). Winnie acts on her own, separate from parents.
Booktalk #2
Winnie lives with her family
outside the town of Treegap. The Fosters are not the kind of people
who welcome you to their home. That is probably why no one ever trespasses
on the woods on their land. Winnie rarely goes into the woods but
on this beautiful day, she does. And what does she find? A
teenage boy drinking from a spring that flows deep in the woods.
Winnie questions the young man about why he is on her land. The young
man tries to explain what is happening but then Winnie finds herself the
victim of a kidnapping! Can what this strange family tell her possibly
be true? They tell her they will live forever. You see, the
water from the spring has magical qualities and once you drink it, you
never grow older again. And, you can never die. What seems
to be a good thing can actually be a curse. The Tucks try to convince
Winnie not to tell anyone about their secret. But isn't this a miracle
that should be shared? If it's true that they have found the fountain of
youth? Would you take a sip if it were offered to you?
Booktalk #3
In a modern fantasy novel,
Winnie Foster who lives outside of Treegap finds out through the Tuck family
that the Wood behind her house is no ordinary Wood. She learns it contains
a spring which, if drunk, grants eternal life. Could the Tucks secret actually
be true? Are they really going to live forever? Although at first Winnie
was skeptical of this family, she begins to love them and enjoy spending
time with them. "The sign said welcome to Treegap, but it was hard to believe
that this was really Treegap. The main street hadn't changed so very much,
but there were many other streets now. Crossing the main street. The road
itself was blacktopped. There was a white line painted down its center.
Mae and Tuck, on the seat of a clattering wooden wagon, bumped slowly into
Treegap behind the fat old horse. They had seen continuous change and were
accustomed to it, but here it seemed shocking and sad. Look, said Tuck.
Look, said Mae. Ain't that where the wood used to be? It's gone! Not a
stick or a stump left! And her cottage-that's gone, too." Read, Tuck Everlasting
by Natalie Babbitt to find out if Winnie Foster ever goes home, if she
drinks from the spring, and if she, in fact, keeps the Tucks secret.
(Shannon O'Connor, NANNER012@aol.com, college student) |
