Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt Online Book Summary

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CHAPTER SIXTEEN

Summary

The Man in the Yellow Suit and the Constable set out to find the Tucks’ home. The Constable warns the Man that his horse is not strong enough to keep up the pace the Man wants to set. He is also suspicious as to why the Man is so deep into this situation. He’s also annoyed that the Man fails to keep up his end of any conversation. He learns from him that the Man had bought the wood from the Fosters, which surprises the Constable. However, the Man goes silent after that and the Constable is forced to keep up his own conversation. He mumbles on about how unusual kidnapping is in these parts and......

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The reader immediately feels from this chapter that the Man in the Yellow Suit isn’t going to ride ahead to just watch the Tucks. He has.......

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

Summary

Once again Winnie awakens early. She gets up and walks to the window where she sees that the light is still pale. There is mist floating on the water of the tiny lake, making everything seem unreal. Then, through the dewy weeds, she sees a toad hop into view. She doesn’t believe it’s her Toad, but it makes her think that she hasn’t been home in weeks, rather than just a few days.

When Miles sees that Winnie is awake, he takes her with him to find fish for breakfast. Once again, out on the water, a toad plops into the water and it makes her certain that today the Tucks will take her home. She realizes that she’s come to love this peculiar family and that they are her friends alone. She also sees the difference between Jesse and Miles. Miles is as solid as the oar he wields while Jesse is like the water: thin and quick. Miles talks....... a

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Once again the concept of change or metamorphosis is emphasized when Winnie sees toads and bullfrogs wherever she goes. It is Miles’ conversation......

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

Summary

And so the family and Winnie eat flapjacks again that morning since she asked that the fish be returned to the lake. Winnie’s heart is fluttering as she waits for Jesse to come down to breakfast. The sight of him is heart wrenching to her. To Mae, all of them together with Winnie added to the family, is just like having a party. However, Angus wakes them all up with his sober mood and his worry about taking Winnie home. Mae won’t allow serious talk until after.......

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This is a chapter that shows Winnie’s ultimate metamorphosis - she is beginning to think of others before herself. It is only the interruption of.......

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