Gary Paulsen

Mr. Tucket.

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Description

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 an adult. But Francis lags behind to practice shooting and is captured by Pawnees. It will take wild horses, hostile tribes, and a mysterious one-armed mountain man named Mr. Grimes to help Francis become the man who will be called Mr. Tucket.

First Sentence

FRANCIS ALPHONSE TUCKET came back to life slowly.

Description

A boy captured by Indians on his way West is befriended by a one-armed man who rescues him, teaches him to shoot, and shows him how to survive on his own.

Subjects

Other Editions

• Mr. Tucket - 1994 - Delacorte Press, New York, New York (State)
• Mr. Tucket, Paperback - 1995 - Bantam Doubleday Dell, New York, USA
• Mr. Tucket - 1995 - Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers, New York, NY, New York (State)
• Mr. Tucket (Francis Tucket Books) - 1995-12-01 - Yearling
• Mr. Tucket (Signature): New Ed edition, Paperback - 1996-04-08 - Hodder Children's Books
• Mr Tucket - 1999 - Hodder Children's, London, England
• Mr. Tucket (Tucket Adventures), Library Binding - 1999-10-01 - Tandem Library
• Mr. Tucket - 2000-05-09 - Yearling