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Tuck Everlasting — Natalie Babbitt
Garden Heights · Independent Novel Study

Tuck Everlasting

a novel by Natalie Babbitt
In the first week of August, ten-year-old Winnie Foster meets a family with an impossible secret: a hidden spring in her own family’s wood whose water stops time itself. The Tucks have not aged in 87 years — and a stranger in a yellow suit means to bottle and sell their miracle. Kidnapping, a rowboat lesson on the wheel of life, a shotgun blow, a jailbreak, and one small bottle poured over a toad: Natalie Babbitt’s beloved classic asks the biggest question in children’s literature — would you drink? These 8 Part workbooks cover the full novel (Prologue + 25 chapters + Epilogue), each with vocabulary, comprehension, literary analysis, Think Deeper reasoning, an SAT®/TOEFL®-style test, and writing, all built on real-world CLIL background.
Level 5Standalone classicInteractive & auto-gradedCLIL-based
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Level 5 · Sophisticated ReadersUS Grades 5–7Lexile 770LAR 5.0
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Subject Personalities
The real-world subjects this novel study leans into — the depth behind every Knowledge Bank and reading passage.
PRIMARY LENS
🔄 Time & the Wheel of Life
Life cycles, springs & groundwater, the fair test, and why a pond never stands still — the science under Tuck’s rowboat speech.
SUPPORTING
📜 1880s Rural America
Land deeds, village constables, county jails, music boxes, and traveling strangers — the world around Treegap.
SUPPORTING
⚖️ Evidence & the Great Choice
What witnesses see, what proof requires, and whether living forever is a blessing — weighed, never preached.
Choose a Part
Progress
PT1
Part 1 · Prologue & Chapters 1–3
Three Threads • The Untouched Wood • Winnie & the Toad
VocabularyComprehensionLiterary ElementsThink DeeperStandardized TestStandardized Test
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PT2
Part 2 · Chapters 4–6
The Stranger at the Gate • Jesse at the Spring • Carried Away
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PT3
Part 3 · Chapters 7–9
The 87-Year Secret • The Eavesdropper • The House by the Pond
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PT4
Part 4 · Chapters 10–13
Flapjacks • The Wheel-of-Life Rowboat • The Horse Thief
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PT5
Part 5 · Chapters 14–16
Jesse’s Offer • The Wood for a Daughter • Ahead of the Law
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PT6
Part 6 · Chapters 17–19
Fishing with Miles • The Seller of Miracles • Mae’s Blow
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PT7
Part 7 · Chapters 20–22
The Gallows • The Bottle at the Fence • Winnie’s Vow
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PT8
Part 8 · Chapters 23–25 & Epilogue
The Storm Jailbreak • The Toad • Treegap, 1950
VocabularyComprehensionLiterary ElementsThink DeeperStandardized TestStandardized TestReport Card
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