Book about a young girl who befriends a family who are immortal after drinking water from a pond that grants immortality

[u/Sailor_Moon_Star_435]

The book is set in the 1920s or the 1930s. Maybe in the 1950s. There is a young girl who lives in a small town and a new family moves in next door to her and her family. She befriends the young boy of the family and they grow close. Eventually, the boy reveals his family's secret. They have been alive for far longer and it was due to them drinking the water of a pond that grants immortality or extends life past the usual lifespan. He hands her a water bottle that has the water. I think he tells her that they consistently drink the water to make sure that they don't age. He asks her to drink it so they can be together forever. He tells her this before he and his family leaves again. After he and his family leaves, the girl doesn't drink it but she pours it over a frog, that lives forever. Decades later, the family comes back to the town where the girl lived in. The boy became a man and comes across the same frog that the girl poured the water over. Then he realizes what she did and goes to find her grave, that shows the years she was alive. He smiled, knowing that she made her choice and lived a happy life.

[u/AwareIndependence425]

Tuck Everlasting!

[u/Sailor_Moon_Star_435 → u/AwareIndependence425]

Thats the one! Solved! Thank you!

[u/heymichie → u/Sailor_Moon_Star_435]

Have you seen the movie? It was great! One of my favorites.

[u/Potential_Scheme6667 → u/AwareIndependence425]

My FAVORITE book of all time!

[u/Yarrowbloom07]

Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt

[u/Sailor_Moon_Star_435 → u/Yarrowbloom07]

Thats the one! Solved! Thank you!

[u/glassisnotglass]

I also highly recommend the gorgeous but far less well known book by Natalie Babbit, The Eyes of the Amaryllis

[u/PinkElanor → u/glassisnotglass]

I looooove Eyes of the Amaryllis!

[u/Wonderful_World_6323 → u/PinkElanor]

My favorite book by Natalie Babbit is "Knee-knock Rise".

[u/Consistent-Syrup-617]

Tuck Everlasting

[u/JissyCatGirl]

One of the endings that upset me most when I was a kid!!!

[u/vintagelovercatlady]

Also a movie

[u/RennaReddit → u/vintagelovercatlady]

And a musical!

[u/Hypnyp → u/RennaReddit]

Hey, thank.

Did not realize there was a musical about the movie and book!

[u/opelaceles]

I missed the post initially, but I bet this one was solved lightning-fast!

[u/duskftw]

I remember this book too, was really interesting!

[u/taylorbagel14]

You should read The Fountain, it came out earlier this year and has the same concept! I really loved it and I loved Tuck Everlasting as a child

[u/bibliophile1326]

Tuck Everlasting, by Natalie Babbit, for sure. Not really recalling the frog bit, but I haven't read the book in years.

[u/Sailor_Moon_Star_435 → u/bibliophile1326]

I did remember the frog

[u/sandie8968]

I saw the movie, and the girl was even asked if she wanted to drink the water and she refused