Tuck Everlasting by: Natalie Babbitt (fantasy)

There is something different about the Tuck family -- they are everlasting. After drinking out of a fountain that gives the Tuck family immortality, their story can never end. When Jesse falls in love with a girl named Winnie, the Tucks introduce her into their world. However, they teach Winnie to not fear death, and the consequences to being immortal. Winnie must choose between drinking out of the fountain to obtain mortality, or live a normal life.

I would use this book for literature circles. I would assign this book as a reading (probably 5th grade), and then break the students up into groups. I would then assign guidelines to each of the literature groups. I would give them the "Think Mark" sheet, where they would have to discuss the character traits of each of the characters, and give specific examples in the book where this character trait is revealed. On this sheet, they would also have to analyze specific passages in the book, and relate this passages to their own experiences or other instances similar to that one in the novel.