The Something [Hardcover]

Natalie Babbitt (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux (1971)
• ASIN: B002GUH8L6
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,516,141 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

A gifted artist and writer, Natalie Babbitt's novels are inspired by a brilliance and imagination that is completely original. She began her career in 1966 with the publication of a picture book, The Forty-Ninth Magician, a collaboration with her husband, Samuel Fisher Babbitt. Her first novel, The Search for Delicious, established her gift for writing magical tales with a more profound meaning embedded within them. Kneeknock Rise earned her a Newbery Honor Medal, but it is Tuck Everlasting which has insured Babbitt's place in the history of children's literature. This modern classic, which has also been made recently into a major motion picture starring Alexis Bledel, William Hurt, and Sissy Spacek, asks an enduring and powerful question: If we could live forever, would we want to? Babbitt has written six more novels including The Eyes of the Amaryllis and Goody Hall-each one presenting her unique vision of an enchanted world. Her latest novel, Jack Plank Tells Tales, was published in Spring 2007. Natalie Babbitt lives in Providence, Rhode Island, and is a grandmother of three. When asked what she wants readers to remember about her books, she replied, 'the questions without answers.'

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars CHILDREN'S BOOK FOR CHILDREN OF AGES 4-100, August 16, 2000

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Emma Aho (Rotterdam, Holland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Something (Paperback)

Natalie Babbitt writes beautiful books, books with wit and charm and actually very original complex storylines that just sweep you away with their themes. They are very unusual themes, ones that people have never thought of before, and that's what makes them so interesting. I am 14 years old and I still love these short books, they are absolutely fantastic. This one being no exception.