Tuck Everlasting | Teaching Key Figures

Character Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major characters in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Characters

Winnie Foster - The ten-year-old girl who decides to run away from home, is kidnapped, and has a great adventure.

Mae Tuck - Wife of another character who befriends Winnie Foster.

Angus Tuck - The husband of another character who tries to get Winnie to understand that immortality is not worth the cost.

Miles Tuck - He is the person who takes the window out of the jail and puts Winnie in the cell before they make their escape.

Jesse Tuck - The seventeen-year-old boy who tries to convince Winnie to drink the...
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