Did Winnie like being with her kidnappers in Tuck Everlasting?

Winnie enjoys being with her kidnappers once she gets over the shock of being kidnapped.

When Winnie sees Jesse in the woods, drinking from the immortal spring, he knows that he can’t just leave her there. There is too much risk that she will drink from the spring, because she has no idea what it does. The best thing they can think of is to kidnap her and take her home, so that is just...

Winnie enjoys being with her kidnappers once she gets over the shock of being kidnapped.

When Winnie sees Jesse in the woods, drinking from the immortal spring, he knows that he can’t just leave her there. There is too much risk that she will drink from the spring, because she has no idea what it does. The best thing they can think of is to kidnap her and take her home, so that is just what Jesse, Miles, and Mae Tuck do.

Winnie does not feel that the Tucks are average kidnappers.  Rather than frightening her, her kidnappers seem “just as alarmed” as she is.

She had always pictured a troupe of burly men with long black moustaches who would tumble her into a blanket and bear her off like a sack of potatoes while she pleaded for mercy. But, instead, it was they, Mae Tuck and Miles and Jesse, who were pleading. (Ch. 6)

Once Winnie meets Angus Tuck, she feels even more at ease. He is a nice old man who is just tickled pink to see her. The Tucks keep to themselves and do not meet many people. They have not really ever told anyone their story. Winnie realizes that the Tucks are special people and just looking out for her. This does not prevent her from being homesick.

When Mae said, "Tomorrow," Winnie's sobs turned to wails. Tomorrow! It was like being told she would be kept away forever. She wanted to go home now, at once, rush back to the safety of the fence and her mother's voice from the window. (Ch. 6)

Winnie always wanted adventure. She wanted to be able to leave her safe little corner and travel. She finds adventure with the Tucks, all right! Winnie becomes good friends with the family quickly, and before she knows it she is even offering to break Mae Tuck out of jail to protect the Tucks’ secret.