Tuck Everlasting

Important items in "Tuck Everlasting" include the yellow suit, which makes the Man in the Yellow Suit mysterious; the cat, which helps the Tucks realize their immortality; the shotgun, testing their...

Winnie, her grandmother, and the stranger hear a "tinkling little melody" while standing outside the grandmother's cottage. Her grandmother, excited, calls it "elf music" and wants to inform Winnie's...

Mae's special object in Tuck Everlasting is her music box, which plays a distinctive melody mistaken by Winnie's grandmother as "elf music." This music box becomes a critical clue for the man in the...

The music box reassures Winnie because its prettiness and soothing music remind her of home, making the Tucks seem less threatening. Mae Tuck treasures the music box, indicating a gentle nature. Its...