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the series, Francis finds himself alone in the vast northern tablelands, He survives buffalo stampedes, close encounters with tribes, and picks up a few strays along the way, Ultimately, his humanity is put at stake, and he has to choose whether to adopt a life like former Mountain Man, Jason Grimes, or to take a higher road,

The target audience here isyrsold, Take that with a grain of salt, While it is short, and the story is fairly simple, the historical and cultural details, and themes should still resonate with an older crowd Alone, Francis Tucket now feels more confident that he can handle almost anything, A year ago, on the wagon train, he was kidnapped from his family by a Pawnee hunting party, Then he escaped with the help of the mountain man, Mr, Grimes. Now that he and Mr, Grimes have parted ways, Francis is heading west on his Indian pony, crossing the endless prairie, trying to find his family,

After a year with Mr, Grimes, Francis has learned to live by the harsh code of the wilderness, He can cause a stampede, survive his own mistakes, and face up to desperadoes, But when he rescues a little girl and her younger brother, Francis takes on more than he bargained for, Fourteenyearold Francis Tucket doesn't miss a beat as he parts ways with the complex Jason Grimes and continues his adventure across the American West ofin search of his missing parents and younger sister, Rebecca.
Traveling with Mr. Grimes taught Francis lessons he probably couldn't have survived without, and he uses his new hunting and tracking skills as he chases after the family he lost contact with when Pawnee Indians kidnapped Francis at the start of the first book in this series, Mr.
Tucket.

Francis possesses a strong young mare, the Lancaster rifle his father presented him for his last birthday, and not much else, but his situation worsens when Francis is seized by a pair of wandering outlaws.
Courtweiler is a softspoken man of no respect for society's laws, and Dubs is a giant whom Francis can see it would be a lost cause to fight, The men relieve the boy of his horse, rifle, food, and shirt, but Francis can't allow them to leave him in the dusty plains with nothing besides their scrawny mule.
He'll die of exposure or starvation, so Francis stalks his tormentors to take back what they stole, To Francis's surprise the mule follows him the many miles to where the two thieves bed down for the night, A tense struggle ensues over the mare and Francis's other exbelongings, but Courtweiler and Dubs no longer have the element of surprise, and Francis is motivated to avenge what they did to him earlier.
The scraggly mule turns out to be a valuable ally,

Searching for pioneer wagon trains is Francis's priority as he returns to the trail, but he doesn't find many, let alone the one his family is with, Then he spots an abandoned wagon in the wilderness, silent as the grave, He expects an ambush or a deadly creature holed up in the wagon, but he's taken aback by what it actually contains: two children, Lottie is eight or nine, a nervous chatterer once she gets going, and her brother Billy is hardly five or six, and totally silent, Their wagon train deserted them and their pa when he fell ill with cholera, and he left the wagon before the bacteria could kill him in front of his children.
Francis has no idea how to take care of kids, but he still has Courtweiler's mule, so he puts the blonde, frecklefaced youngsters on the animal's back and sets off with not more than a faint plan in mind.


How does a teenage boy adapt to being an ersatz parent under such conditions Francis needs to find his family, but he has to prioritize Lottie and Billy or he may as well have left them in the wagon.
No adults are stepping up to care for the kids, so they're Francis's responsibility, and he refuses to let them down, They trust him to protect them against a cynical world that has done them terribly wrong on multiple counts, When Francis thinks he's set Lottie and her brother up in a decent situation, better than traipsing across the barren plains with a teen who has no clue where he's going, doubts continue to nag at him.
Will Lottie and Billy be okay with the couple he entrusted them to, or has he put them in position to be exploited again Francis can't be sure, but he won't fail those kids now.
He'll ensure their security and wellbeing even if he has to kidnap them back and assume longterm guardianship of them, . . and that may be required to see them safely to the other side of the events in this book,

The Tucket Adventures series is an episodic romp in the Sid Fleischman storytelling tradition, Francis has courage and conviction, but he must learn to survive in the Western wilds or forfeit any chance of seeing his family again, Hope of reunion spurs him on through all his troubles, but the journey has provided a few companions he may not want to say goodbye to, and I have a feeling Lottie, Billy, and the mule will stay beside Francis longer than Mr.
Grimes did. Call Me Francis Tucket is arguably worth two and a half, and leads smoothly into book three of the fivepart series, Tucket's Ride, I'll meet you there to resume the story, I normally do not like westerns, but after finishing the first book in the series, I knew that I had to continue, I was surprised with how short this novel is, It not only went quickly, but I enjoyed the premise behind this book, I like how the main character left behind everything at the end of the first book in order to be the type of person he thought was right, That same sense of morality continues at the end of this novel as well, Thank you, Mr. Paulsen, for a fun read! : Another easy reading adventure story with themes that, surprisingly, myyear old daughter enjoys, Lots of opportunity for important discussion e, g. , Native Americans, survival, doing the right thing, family, solitude, cholera, loss, and helping people in need, Also learned some new words like “hummock” and “howitzer” and several others, My daughter regularly asks me to read another chapter, On toin the series! I read the book Call Me Francis Tucket, Francis Tucket was kidnapped from his family a year ago when he was on a wagon train, the people who kidnapped him were pawn hunting party, But he escaped with the help of a mountain man, Mr, Grimes. But Now that he and Mr, Grimes have parted ways, Francis is heading west on his Indian pony, crossing the endless prairie, trying to find his family,
I feel like that this book was a rally good book if you are into the Gary Paulsen kid of books, I rated this bookout ofbecause even tho the book was a really good read it just had some boring parts in it, But instead of like theprats of the book that had there boring moments it was a really good book in my opinion, I would also recommend this to people that like books that are bout how to get out of a place that your stuck in, AWESOME!!!!!!! Short but similar to the first book, This book made me feel really lonely, I can not even imagine being all alone on the plains, I don't think that I would have been able to make any good decisions and I may have just sat down and cried, It was interesting to see what Francis did, I really liked the suspenseful parts, and Lottie was a fun character, the theme is that a a ten year old boy has two live alone in the wild and there are a few things that happen along and he finds surprises along the way.
he finds kids and other things along his way in injoyed this wounderful book, i liked it. it was some what boring, it wsnt my faverite book becouse it was endless

the main character is francis tucket the love to hunt and and he got took from his family, the next big character is Mr

grimes he s old and is a black smith i think, here is the plotgt there's a boy who got took from a the back of a train, when he escaped he found a man called Mr grimes, he went out on his own and got caught in a herd of buffalo when the herd stopped he shot one and took the meat and cooked it for dinner.
then he went to sleep and the next morning Robers came and got his gun and shirt and they took his horse, they left him a mule that was close to death, the only thing the mule was good for was nice company then he was going and he found some indian kids and thy capt traveling I have been reading science fiction for quite some time and decided to try to read something entirely different and found very high recommendation of this series in one of the facebook groups.
Once I started I got hooked, Really wonderful story. At times little too much but hey it's for the teenagers and very well written, This book reminded me that western books are not only about gunfighters or cowboys or ranches, The story about ayears old boy who was kidnapped on his birthday by the Red Indians and tries to escape to his family, In the process he goes though a lot, The books portrays how dangerous but attractive the West was at that time, Also how determined the people and their sense of honor, At the same time there were people who did not follow any rule or would do anything for profit,
The story was told in a series ofbooks and I completed those in one go, So I did not write separate reviews, In fact it is a single story told inbooks,
Francis Tucket has matured in the short time he has been separated from his parents and the westward wagon train, He's now without the clever mountain man that taught him to survive, He's still heading west. He escapes dangerous men, a buffalo stampede, and starvation, He's picked up a sassy mule and two orphans,

My boys are enjoying this series, I didn't realize this was a sequel, so I'll have to go back and read the first one, But this was a good story and obviously didn't need the first book to really understand it! Gary Paulsen is a masterful writer! This is the second in the Francis Tucket series.
It's ideal for tweens and teens, especially those who like adventure, challenges, character development, and personal growth,

In these shortchapters readers ride along with Francis Tucket, ayear old who is now on his own, Moving through the prairies between Missouri and Oregon, Francis gets separated from the wagon train, becomes swallowed up in a buffalo stampede, robed by two wayfaring strangers, ends up rescuing two kids, and more.
There is maturing going on, thoughtfulness, and a beautiful lack of gratuitous violence! If you need it, you can hit YouTube, find my channel, look for this book in the playlist, and listen/watch me read the whole book.
I highly recommend it. Pros: Full of action.

Cons: To short,

The Bottom Line: A historical fiction of the Oregon trail that is sure to please with it's character growth, action and wit,



He's back! Gary Paulsen and another bookCall Me Francis Tucket, Francis hasn't gotten to Oregon yet,

He had learned a lot from the one armed mountain man, Mr, Grimes, and decided to part with him, Francis was planning on riding next to a different group that was also heading to Oregon, But, due to a hunting accident, the fifteenyearold became trapped inside a five mile wide heard of buffalo, And upon hearing gun fire they all go crazy and stamped over the prairie Francis doing all he can to hold on,

He is alone and lost, But he isn't alone for long, Not for very long at all, Two bandits come upon him in his sleep and steels everything he has, except his pants and moccasins, and leave him for dead, What will he be willing to do to get it all back

And he also comes across two children who were abandoned by their wagon train, Can he protect them

The Pros: This book stands on its own, You could read it before the first book and still understand what is going on and what had happened, But I suggest reading the books in order, And the book is good for a ten year old and up,

The Cons: The only bad thing about this book is that it is even shorter than the first, But if it wasn't so short it wouldn't be able to hold the attention of a tenyearold Now would it

This is the sequel to Mr, Tucket. I wish that I could forget what happened in it so I could read it over again for the first time, It is a fast pace story that anyone would love, In which, Francis learns what a family is,

Recommended:
Yes Although he was never a dedicated student, Paulsen developed a passion for reading at an early age, After a librarian gave him a book to read along with his own library card he was hooked, He began spending hours alone in the basement of his apartment building, reading one book after another, Running away from home at the age ofand traveling with a carnival, Paulsen acquired a taste for adventure, A youthful summer of rigorous chores on a farm jobs as an engineer, construction worker, ranch hand, truck driver, and sailor and two rounds of the,mile Alaskan dog sled race, the Iditarod have provided ample material from which he creates his stories.
Paulsen and his wife, Ruth Wright Paulsen, an artist who has illustrated several o Although he was never a dedicated student, Paulsen developed a passion for reading at an early age.
After a librarian gave him a book to read along with his own library card he was hooked, He began spending hours alone in the basement of his apartment building, reading one book after another, Running away from home at the age ofand traveling with a carnival, Paulsen acquired a taste for adventure, A youthful summer of rigorous chores on a farm jobs as an engineer, construction worker, ranch hand, truck driver, and sailor and two rounds of the,mile Alaskan dog sled race, the Iditarod have provided ample material from which he creates his stories.
Paulsen and his wife, Ruth Wright Paulsen, an artist who has illustrated several of his books, divide their time between a home in New Mexico and a boat in the Pacific.
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