Brandon Acevedo - 20-21 Tuck Everlasting Interactive Notebook - 2941202

Tuck

Everlasting

Brandon’s
Reading Response

Journal



Chapters 1-8

Prologue

Question:Explain the purpose of Mae Tuck’s trip.
My Answer:Mae Tucks trip was to go to the edge of the village
of Treegap to meet her two sons,Miles And Jesse, Mae Tuck did
this every 10 years.

Question:Summarize how the month of August is described.
My Answer:The Month Of August is described as hot and still
with no movement in the first week, but the rest of August is
cold and has a little bit of motion to it.

Chapters 1 and 2

Chapter 1 Question:Explain why no one ever goes into the woods.
My Answer:there was no road through the woods and it was
private property owned by the Fosters.

Chapter 2 Question:Name the member of the Tuck family.
My Answer:Mae Tuck is one of the members of the Tuck
Family.Her two sons are also part of the Tuck Family, their
names are Miles and Jesse and Angus Tuck.

Chapters 3 and 4

Chapter 3 Question:Why did Winnie have to go into the house?
My Answer:Her mom and grandma called from the window
telling her to come inside because her lunch was ready and
her mom was worried that she would get heat stroke.

Chapter 4 Question:What did the stranger ask Winnie?
My Answer:The stranger in the yellow suit asked Winnie if she
knew everyone there and how long she had lived there, And
Winnie responded with the words forever and no, she didn't
know everyone there.She said she had lived there forever and
the stranger responded with forever in a suspicious tone.

Chapters 5 and 6

Chapter 5 Question:How old did Jesse say he is?
My Answer:He said his real age was 104 but Winnie didn't
believe him so he then said he was 17 but he said his real age.

Chapter 6 Question:How does Winnie react to the kidnapping?
My Answer:Winnie remembered she had dreams of being
kidnapped but she thought she would be kidnapped by burly
men with long black mustaches, she felt scared and confused.

Chapters 7 and 8

Chapter 7 Question:When the Tucks came to Treegap for the first time, who drank

from the spring? Who didn’t?

My Answer:The person that didn’t drink from the eternal spring
was the cat.

Chapter 8 Question:What proof of Tuck’s story was the reader provided earlier in the

novel?

My Answer:The proof was that Jesse said he was 104 but
Winnie didn’t believe him but now she might.

AA Pg 5-8 I Think That The Wood
Keeps Coming Into
The Word Wood Keeps Mention Because That
Coming Into Mention. Is Where Winnie
Foster Lives.
“If They Had Made Their
road Through The Wood
Instead Of Around It, People
Would Use It.

CC Pg 9 I Think That Tuck Only
Ever Smiles In His
“Tuck Almost Never Sleep Because He
Smiled Unless he Was Has Infinite
Asleep. Imagination and that is
the only place he can
be happy.

TQ Pg 15 I Think She Might Run
Away Later In The
“Id Expect I’d better Story.
run away, Do They
Know They’ve hardly
ever let me out of this
yard alone?

MM Pg 20 I Think That She Hears
Mae Tucks Music Box.
“My Stars, Their Back! My
Stars, Can You Hear The Elf
Music Winnie?

TQ Pg 22 I Think She Wouldn’t
Know Where To Go
“Where Would Go If I Because She Has
Ran Away?” Only Been Out Of Her
Fence Once By
Herself.

AM Pg 31 I Think That She Was
Focused On
Winnie Realizes She Something In Her Mind
Was Being Kidnapped and Didn't Notice SHe
After Zoning Out. Was Being Kidnapped.

Summarize
Chapters 1-8

In chapters 1-8 of Tuck Everlasting, it describes how Winnie Foster meets the Tucks.
To Start, Winnie lives in an overprotective house in the village of Treegap with her
parents and grandmother.Their house is on the edge of the woods they own but
never go into. Meanwhile, The Tucks are getting excited to see their sons whom they
have not seen in ten years. Mae is heading off to meet them, but they say that she
has to be careful not to be seen. She does not look in the mirror before she goes
because it says she has looked the same for the past 87 years. Mae takes along her
music box as she goes off to meet her sons. Next,Winnie has a conversation with a
toad. She talks about how hard her life is and she decides to run away. That night
Winnie heads out to her yard and meets a stranger walking by who asks her about
the woods and the people she knows in the area. He tells her that he is looking for a
family. Winnie’s grandmother comes out to tell Winnie to go inside. Just then some
music is heard in the woods. The grandmother says it is the elf music she hasn’t
heard in years. Winnie thinks it sounds like a music box and the stranger is very
interested in it.
After That, Winnie got kidnapped by the Tuck family and was told about the eternal
spring, She tried to drink from it before she got kidnapped.In chapter 7, the Tucks
explained to Winnie that they were trying to move around The Wood a a long time
ago, so they kept setting up camp in different places and they all had a drink from
every stop except for at one of the Stops the cat didn't drink,after the whole Tuck
family had death experiences where they should've died but they didn't and the Cat
died after a while but the rest of the tuck family hasn't changed till this day. In the
last chapter, Winnie started to talk to the tucks about how they have been holding
this secret for so long and now she is the only other person who knows about the
spring, While They Were walking Winnie saw the man in the yellow suit but didn't
mention it.



Chapters 9-17

Chapters 9 and 10

Chapter 9 Question:How do the Tucks make the trip easier for Winnie when she feels

hot and tired?

My Answer:Jesse held Winnie most of the way there so she
could cool down because she was very hot from walking the
whole way there.

Chapter 10 Question:Explain why the Tucks have to move soon.
My Answer:The Tucks have to move because they can't stay in
one place for too long.

Chapters 11 and 12

Chapter 11 Question:What has to happen in order for Winnie to go home?
My Answer:Winnie has to never talk about the spring to anyone
in her life.

Chapter 12 Question:How does Winnie feel about death?
My Answer:She fears it, like most children do, She absolutely
despises it.

Chapters 13 and 14

Chapter 13 Question:What news did the stranger reveal to the Fosters?
My Answer:He knows where winnie is and will take them to her.

Chapter 14 Question:What is ironic about Winnie missing her home?
My Answer:Her family know knows where she is and Winnie
was thinking about how the stranger probably told her parents
and they are probably looking for her.

Chapters 15-17

Chapter 15 Question:What did the Fosters decide to do?
My Answer:The Fosters decide to give in and trade the wood to
get Winnie back.

Chapter 16 Question:Why is the stranger being so “closed mouthed”? Explain.
My Answer:The stranger is being “closed mouthed” because he
does not want anyone to know about his actual plan.

Chapter 17 Question:Explain what happened when Miles caught the fish.
My Answer:Winnie stared at the fish while it died and told Miles
to put it back over and over and he did.

AA Pg. 47 I Think that Winnie
“Are we there yet?” wants to know when
they will be there.

CC Pg. 50 Why Was She
Training?I think she is
“Winnie was in training to fight the
training.” man in the yellow suit.

TQ Pg. 57 I Think she hates the
tucks for taking her
“ Why,were they crazy, from her wood and
she thought harshly, keeping her at their far
and they were away house.
criminals.”

WW Pg.61 I think Tuck was just
trying to make her
“Best time for all the fishing, better at fishing.
Is when they come up to
feed.”

CC Pg.66 I think the man in the
yellow suit is acting
“Ah! Good evening! way different than he
May i come in? I have was before.
happy news for you, i
know where your
daughter is

MM Pg.68-69 I think she thinks the

man in the yellow suit
“Winnies head whirled. is a good guy but i
Remembering the
think opposite.
man in the yellow suit

was the only thing who

kept her from

weeping.

Summarize
Chapters 9-17

In chapter 9,The Tucks are heading back to their home with Winnie
Foster to meet Angus Tuck, Maes husband.In chapter 10,Winnie was
shown around the Tucks property and was told why the boys are
always away from home.In chapter 11,The Tucks are at the table
eating dinner and Winnie says she wants to go home and mae says
she will take her home as soon as possible and Tuck takes her out on
the rowboat to explain why they took her to the house.In chapter 12,
Tuck is with winnie in the rowboat and talks about why they took her
there but at the end of the chapter Miles came and said someone had
stolen the horse.In chapter 13, The man in the yellow suit told the
Fosters that he knows where Winnie is.In chapter 14, The tucks talk
about how the thief took the horse and why the thief took it but
everyone just needed to rest so they all went to sleep.In chapter 15,
The man in the yellow suit talks to the tucks about where their
daughter is and will only tell them if they give him the wood for their
daughter,and they agree. In chapter 16, The man in the yellow suit
talks to the constable while they are going to the Tucks house With
The Fosters and about how they need to get there fast.In The Last
Chapter, Miles takes Winnie fishing for breakfast but she won’t catch
the fish, so Miles has to do it and when he does catch a fish winnie
tells him to put it back.

Chapters 18-25

Chapters 18 and 19

Chapter 18 Question:What did the family have for breakfast?
My Answer:Flapjacks, bacon, The same stuff they had
yesterday.They tried to catch fish but Winnie wouldn’t keep em.

Chapter 19 Question:What is the stranger’s plans for the woods?
My Answer:He would sell the eternal water to people for a very
big amount of money.

Chapters 20 and 21

Chapter 20 Question: Explain what will happen to Mae if the stranger dies.
My Answer:If the stranger dies then Mae will have to go to the
gallows which is where they hang people,or she will be sent to
jail and then get hanged,technically Mae will get hanged

Chapter 21 Question:What happened to the stranger?
My Answer:The stranger died after Winnie hit him with the
shotgun so Mae will be hanged, or will she?

Chapters 22 and 23

Chapter 22 Question:What did Winnie learn about toads in this chapter?
My Answer:WInnie learned that toads don't drink water after
Mae said they don't because it won’t benefit them.

Chapter 23 Question:Why is the weather so difficult to bear during this time period?
My Answer:because they didn't have coolers and fans or
anything to keep them from getting heat stroke.

Chapters 24 and 25

Chapter 24 Question:What sound symbolized the exit of the Tucks?
My Answer:The sound of rain crashing down and the sound of
thunder mixed with the flashes of lightning hitting the ground
not far away.

Chapter 25 Question:How much time has gone by since that fateful night?
My Answer:It has been 2 weeks since they broke out Mae from
the jail.

Epilogue

What does the reader learn from the epilogue in this novel? Do
you think the epilogue was necessary?

The reader learns that the Tucks are really eternal and that
Winnie died two years before, The year is 1950.I think the
epilogue was necessary because it showed that the Tucks were
saddend by Winnies death.

MM Pg.92 I think that Winnie
remembered his voice
“Winnie recognized that from when he spoke to
voice, It was the man in the her at her house.
yellow suit.”

CC Pg.93 I think that she didn’t
know who he was.
Mae let The man in
the house.

CCPg.102 I think she wanted to
stay with them
Winnie said she because they are nice.
wanted to go with the
Tucks

AA Pg.107 I think she wants to
keep it from happening
Winnie keeps bringing up but it wont work.
how if the stranger dies Mae
will be hanged.

AM Pg.112 I think that she didn’t
know that toads don’t
Winnie realizes toads drink water.
don’t drink water,they
take it in from their
back.

CC Pg.116 I think that they were
just so relaxed and
“Winnie’s Mother and non-caring about a
grandmother sat plaintive all thing.
afternoon in the parlor,
fanning themselves sipping
lemonade, their hair
unsettled and their knees
loose, it was nothing like
them

Summarize

Chapters 18-25

In chapter 18, Winnie and the Tucks are sitting eating breakfast after Miles and
Winnie tried to catch some fish,Mae asks Winnie how she slept and then right after
Winnie says she slept good,Someone knocked on the door.In chapter 19, The stranger
was at the door and wanted to take Winnie back to her parents,but the tucks said no
and that they were taking her back to her parents,and so the stranger came in and told
them about how when he was little,he had his grandma tell him about stories that were
wack,but he believed them,and how he grew up knowing about one story that he wanted
to find, it was the one with the people who were eternal,so his whole life he searched
Treegap but he never found them,but then he heard the music box that was Maes music
box from the story and then at the end,Mae hit The man in the yellow suit in the back
of the head,which killed him.In chapter 20,The constable tells Mae that she will go to
the gallows if The stranger dies,and The constable takes Winnie to her house and He
takes Mae to the prison,But it was true,the gallows would not be able to kill her.In
chapter 21, Winnie gets back to see her mother and grandmother,but the constable
says to Winnie and her Mom that The man in the yellow suit is dead,so they get to keep
the woods,but Winnie could not believe that he is dead, because Mae Tuck can Not Go
to the gallows.In chapter 22, The day is very hot that the earth under the gate at the
Fosters house is dried up,Winnie sees a toad on the path outside the gate and asks her
mom if they give give it water to drink,but Winnie’s mom says toads don't drink
water,they take it in on their back,At the end of the chapter,Jesse tells Winnie about
the plan to break out Mae.In chapter 23,It was the hottest day in the history of
Treegap according to Winnie,While she slept she dreamt about her time, and she woke
up 5 minutes to midnight and she said to herself,”I have not missed my moment.In
chapter 24,The Tucks and Winnie try to break out Mae at midnight,and during the
escape, it pours down rain and strike lightning everywhere,but at the end, Winnie is in
the cell and she peak’s out the window, But the Tucks are gone.In chapter 25,Winnie
has been waiting and looking for the Tucks,but she knows they are not coming back,It
has been two weeks since that fateful night,she saw a dog, and she saw the toad,she
poured water on the toad, and finally she set it free from her yard.

Winnie is
young,small,blue
eyes,brown
hair,nice,strong,caring,lov
es animals and smart.

Jesse is old,tall,has brown
hair,blue
eyes,nice,brave,smart,carin
g

Miles is old, tall, has
brown short hair,blue
green eyes
nice,brave,smart,caring,e
nergetic,polite

Angus is old,tall,chestnut
golden hair,brown
eyes,mustache,smart,stron
g,brave,caring

Mae tuck is
old,short,plump,brow
n
eyes,smart,caring,po
lite and brave.

The stranger is Tall,old,grey
hair,mean,Greedy

Messy,Not Clean,trustworth
Strict,Old,nice,ki y,nice,kind,carin
nd,caring, g,Strict

They both are,kind,nice,caring



Places:The Fosters house, A cottage with a iron
fence around it The Tucks house was far away at
the pines The wood was near the Fosters house
and was eerie.Time period:1880’s

Type:Third person omniscient
How do you know?I know the thoughts and
feelings of all the major characters.

Type: Internal vs self
Conflict:If Winnie wants to run away from her

house or stay there.

Throughout the novel the tone was mostly
Uneasiness but at the climax it was Tenseful.

The Toad symbolizes freedom because it has
been outside of Winnies yard the whole time
and it has left and gone anywhere is wants to
but Winnie can’t go anywhere without her
Parents.

Love triumphs over all

Miles dismantles the jail cell
window and helps Mae escape.
Winnie is there to provide support.
If the constable hears their escape,
they’re doomed!

Mae get so mad at The Man in the Yellow The constable comes into the jail
Suit that she hits him over the head with cell to find Winnie has taken
the gun and kills him. Mae’s place and helped her
escape.

The Man in the Yellow Suit tells Winnie’s Winnie sees a dog wanting
parents that if they don’t give him what he to attack the toad so she
wants he won’t tell them where their rescues him and pours the
daughter is. fountain water on him.

Winnie sneaks off into the forest and
discovers a boy drinking from a small
stream. Then his family kidnaps her.

Winnie’s family controls her. They won’t
let her try anything risky to make a
difference in the world like she wants to.

A girl names Winnie Winnie lives in a forest area The Tuck family continues to stay young while
Foster lives with her that her family owns near Winnie ages and dies. A fire burns down the woods
family by a wood they the town of Treegap. It’s in and covers the secret forever. The toad lives forever
own that no one goes the past with wagons because of the water from Winnie.
into. At its center is a instead of cars.
special fountain.

Tuck
Everlasting

Booksnaps

Tuck Everlasting Page 29

My booksnap is when Jesse asks
himself what should he do so
Winnie doesn’t drink from the
eternal spring.

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Tuck Everlasting Page 73

My booksnap is when Winnie
likes the Tucks house better
than her house when her house
was so nice and clean.

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Tuck Everlasting Page 92

My booksnap is when winnie
remembered the strangers
voice from when he visited her
house.

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