Tuck Everlasting: The Graphic Novel adapted by K. Woodman-Maynard

This book retells the modern-classic middle grade novel by the same name into graphic novel form. A 11-year-old name Winnie discovers a spring in the woods behind her house and also meets the Tuck family who tell her the spring has made them eternal. The Tucks take Winnie back to their cottage until they decide how to move forward, but in that time a stranger makes things more complicated. Will Winnie drink that water herself to live forever with the Tucks?

Target Age: 10-14

This graphic novel adaptation stays quite true to the original story. We don’t grow as fond of the characters in the limited amount of time a graphic novel permits, but overall, it’s well done. The illustrations don’t give off a cartoon-y vibe, which I appreciate, and are engaging and detailed. I quite enjoy them. When depicting violence, the illustrator is very thoughtful in not showing anything gruesome. If you are comfortable with the original book, you’d likely be comfortable with this adaptation.

Obviously, it deals with fantasy elements like immortality, so talk to your children about such things. There is also the same odd proposition to an 11-year-old from a 17-year-old (or what his body appears to be) to drink the water when she turns 17 so they can be together forever.

Questionable Behaviors:

When the Tucks begin to realize they are immortal, they do a few violent things to themselves to “check.”
Mae Tuck strikes someone with the end of a shotgun when she understands his evil plan.
Winnie lies and helps Mae escape from prison.

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