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In the Movie |
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Winnie is only 10 years old when she meets the Tucks. |
She is 15 years old. |
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The events of the story take place in the year 1880. |
The year is 1914.
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Winnie's gravestone list the year of her birth as 1870 and the year of her death at 1948, making her 78 years old when she died. |
She lived for 100 years between 1899 and 1999. |
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Winnie is upset at being cooped up inside so she runs away from home. |
Her parents tell her that she is going to be sent to a boarding school and she runs away because she doesn't want to go.
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The Tucks remove the bars on the jail window and Winnie enters to take Mae's place. |
Winnie lures the prison guard outside by telling him that her kiddnappers have returned. He attempts to shoot them but is scared off when they turn out to be impervious. Winnie takes the keys and unlocks the cell so Mae and Angus can escape. |
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Mae alone is sent to jail to await her hanging. |
Both Tuck and Mae are put in jail. Mae is to be hung.
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Mae and Tuck return to visit Winnie's grave in the year 1950. |
Jesse returns alone in the year 2002. |
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The Tucks return riding a horse drawn wagon. |
Jesse is riding on a motorcycle.
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Winnie is taken by May, Jesse, and Miles so she won't give away their secret. |
Miles is the lone kidnapper of Winnie. |
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The Tucks run away during an intense storm. |
They escape while riding in a carriage.
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Winnie is given a bottle of water from the spring by Jesse. He tells her to drink it when she turns 17. |
No bottle of water is given, but Winnie considers drinking from the spring herself after the family flees. |
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The Tuck family lives in a faded red home in the woods. |
They live in a log cabin.
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Jesse and Winnie fell in love when they were dancing swimming running and being together |
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The man in the yellow suit would take the woods if he found the girl. |
He just went to find the Tucks and Winnie, but mainly to find the spring.
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The author don't mention that,Winnie playing baseball with the boys. |
Winnie do play baseball with the boys |
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Jesse tells Winnie the water from the spring is dirty. |
Jesse tells Winnie the water from the spring is poisonous.
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Mae and Tuck both find Winnie's grave in a graveyard, along with the rest of her family's graves. |
Jesse finds Winnie's grave beside the house, no one else's grave was found. |
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She get likes jesse |
she likes miles
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Winnie is still a young girl. |
She is already 16 in the movie. |
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Winnie is only 10 years old when she meets the Tucks. |
She is 15 years old.
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winnie is 10 in the book |
winnie is 15-16 in the movie |
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Tuck found out Winnie was dead |
Jesse found out Winnie was dead
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in the movie the horse gets shot and jesse
falls off a tree but in the book none of that happend |
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Winnie dose'nt play baseball with the boys
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Winnie plays baseball with the boys
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