Mr. Tucket
Author:
Gary Paulsen
Publication:
1994 by Delacorte Press
Genre:
Fiction, Historical Fiction
Series:
Francis Tucket Adventures
Series Number: 1
Pages:
176
Current state:
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Book Guide
Fourteen-year-old Francis Tucket is heading west on the Oregon Trail with his family by wagon train. When he receives a rifle for his birthday, he is thrilled that he is being treated like a man. But Francis lags behind to practice shooting and he is captured by Pawnees. It will take wild horses, hostile tribes, and a mysterious one-armed man named Mr. Grimes to help Francis become the man who will be called Mr. Tucket.
Gary Paulsen's gritty novel is a compelling coming-of-age frontier survival story told by a master storyteller.
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Mr. Tucket
Reviewed by Sara Masarik
Gary Paulsen’s Mr. Tucket book series is a captivating Western adventure that delivers everything a young reader could want in a frontier story: danger, survival, hunting, wrestling, and a strong mountain man mentor. Originally published in 1969, the first novel follows 14-year-old Francis Tucket, who is separated from his family’s wagon train and captured by Pawnee warriors. Francis’s fate takes a turn when a rugged and aloof mountain man arranges for his escape. The two become partners for a while, and the story of their adventures is thrilling.
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