Tuck Everlasting Book vs. Movie

Tuck Everlasting is a book written in 1975 by Natalie Babbitt. It is about a family that has found a fountain of youth in a spring on the family farm. The main character, Winnie, discovers the family and their secret, and she is faced with a dilemma about her own future. The most recent film version of Tuck Everlasting was released in 2002, and it is the movie I will compare with the book. There are many differences between the two. First of all, in the book Winnie was only about ten years old, while in the movie she is about 16. In the movie, this age seems more convenient because she falls in love with Jessee, a member of the Tuck family. In the book, however, she adores Jessee, and he returns the admiration, while planning on marrying her when Winnie turns seventeen. In the movie, Winnie's grandmother dies, while in the book she doesn't. Winnie lives to be 100 years old in the movie, while in the book she only lives to be 78. In the book, Winnie runs away from home because she's tired of being cooped up, but in the movie she runs away because she is being sent to boarding school. Overall, there are many small differences between the Tuck Everlasting book and movie, but the main idea of the story is the same. I actually enjoyed reading the book better because it seemed more descriptive and less of a love story, but the movie was very entertaining--a real chick flick though!