Fountain of Youth

Author: (USA) Babbitt (N.)/Xiao Hui
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Publish Date: 2005-07-01
Features: The Babbit family is the earliest resident to set foot on the land of North America. On a hot day, 11-year-old Winnie, bored and stifled by the heat, quietly sneaked into the jungle to explore. There, she met the immortal Tucker family, the 17-year-old handsome teenager Jesse, and his brother, parents. They had accidentally drunk the fountain of eternal youth, which kept them forever young. To preserve this secret, they constantly fled and hid, with many people searching for them to discover the secret of immortality, including a man in yellow. A beautiful friendship blossomed between Winnie and Jesse. She faced a choice: she could drink the fountain water to live eternally with Jesse or choose to age and die like ordinary people, living a normal life. Years later, when Jesse came to find her, he saw her grave, as she had died like an ordinary person, while Jesse remained eternally 17 years old abroad. This book is a must-read for children aged 9-12, but the exploration of life and the emotional descriptions it contains are also suitable for older children and even adults.