Characters
This character is the curious and independent young girl who lives near the woods.
Who is Winnie Foster?
The woods near the Foster home belong to this family.
Who are the Fosters?
The Tucks became immortal after drinking from this.
What is the spring?
This is the name of the town where the story takes place.
What is Treegap?
“The first week of August hangs at the very top of summer, the top of the live-long year, like the highest seat of a Ferris wheel when it pauses in its turning.”
What is the opening line of the book?
This family is central to the story and holds the secret to eternal life.
Who are the Tucks?
This is the secret hidden in the woods that changes everything.
What is the spring (that grants eternal life)?
This member of the Tuck family is calm and practical, serving as a leader.
Who is Angus Tuck?
The story begins in this season.
What is summer?
“There's no telling how this wheel's going to turn.”
Who is Angus Tuck?
This mysterious man dressed in yellow is searching for something unusual.
Who is the Man in the Yellow Suit?
The woods are described as a place that holds this type of atmosphere.
What is mysterious/magical?
The Tucks live far away from this.
What is civilization/the town?
The Tuck family drank from the spring this many years ago.
What is 87 years ago?
“It sounded like a tinkling little melody.”
What is the sound of the spring (or the "elf music")?
Winnie's grandmother claims to hear this strange sound coming from the woods.
What are elf music/tree frogs?
This is why the woods are important to the story.
What is they hold the magical spring?
The Tucks' secret about the spring means they have to live this way.
What is carefully/in hiding?
Winnie's grandmother believes this noise comes from magical creatures.
What is elf music?
“I'm not exactly sure what I'd do, but something interesting—something that's all mine. Something that would make some kind of difference in the world.”
Who is Winnie Foster?
This is the name of the Tuck family's youngest son, whom Winnie first meets.
Who is Jesse Tuck?
The woods connect these two families through its mystery.
Who are the Fosters and the Tucks?
This is the youngest Tuck who seems carefree about immortality.
Who is Jesse Tuck
The Man in the Yellow Suit is looking for this.
What is the source of eternal life?
“This is the finest thing that’s happened in—oh—at least eighty years.”
Who is Jesse Tuck (talking about meeting Winnie)?