Natalie Babbitt

The Tuck family is confronted with an agonizing situation when they discover that a ten-year-old girl and a malicious stranger now share their secret about a spring whose water prevents one from ever growing any older.

When eleven-year-old Jenny goes to stay with her widowed grandmother who lives by the seaside, she learns a great deal about the nature of love and the ways of the sea.

The new tutor at Goody Hall is pleased with his job but can't help feeling there is something peculiar about the household.

The Prime Minister is compiling a dictionary and when no one at court can agree on the meaning of delicious, the King sends his twelve-year-old messenger to poll the country.

The Tuck family is confronted with an agonizing situation when they discover that a young girl and a malicious stranger now share their secret about a spring whose water prevents one from getting older.