Bibliograph

Mr. Tucket, Gary Paulsen

Type

Label

Mr. Tucket, Gary Paulsen

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Mr. Tucket

Oclc number

28926677

Responsibility statement

Gary Paulsen

resource.studyProgramName

Accelerated Reader, MG, 5.0, 4.0, 11481.Accelerated Reader AR, MG, 5.0, 4.0, 11481.Reading Counts RC, 6-8, 5.5, 9, Quiz: 07990, Guided reading level: T.

Summary

In 1848, while on a wagon train headed for Oregon, fourteen-year-old Francis Tucket is kidnapped by Pawnee Indians and then falls in with a one-armed trapper who teaches him how to live in the wild. 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

Target audience

juvenile

Creator