Tucket's Ride

Name: Tucket's Ride
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Gary Paulsen
ISBN: 9781490608655

Author: Gary Paulsen

Series: Francis Tucket Books #2

Narrator: John Randolph Jones

Unabridged: 1 hr 37 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 03/21/2014

Categories: Children's Fiction, Action & Adventure Stories

Synopsis

Francis Tucket's life has been exciting ever since his family headed to Oregon in a wagon train. First he was kidnapped by Pawnee Indians. Then Mr. Grimes, a one-armed mountain, man rescued him and taught him wilderness survival skills. Later when Francis set off alone to find his parents on the Oregon Trail, he ended up rescuing two young children stranded in the barren land. Now in Tucket's Ride, winter is forcing 15-year-old Francis to take Lottie and Billy south to avoid snowy mountains. Soon they are in the midst of a war between Mexico and the United States! But Francis' troubles really begin when they meet up with the West's most ruthless outlaw band, the Comancheros. Newbery Honor winner Gary Paulsen spins tales of the American frontier in the 1840s with realistic details and gritty honesty. Tucket's Ride continues Francis' action-packed adventure series that begins with Mr. Tucket , then Call Me Francis Tucket.

About Gary Paulsen

Gary Paulsen is the distinguished author of many critically acclaimed books for young people, including three Newbery Honor books: The Winter Room, Hatchet, and Dogsong. He won the Margaret A. Edwards Award given by the American Library Association for his lifetime achievement in young adult literature. Paulsen has also published fiction and nonfiction for adults.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Josiah

Trouble has repeatedly found fifteen-year-old Francis Tucket as he searches for his family in the vast Western frontier of 1840s America, but the adversity he faces in Tucket's Ride is more daunting than anything so far. Having learned wilderness survival from the enigmatic Jason Grimes, Francis was......more

Goodreads review by Gabriel

I was absolutely captivated by this book. The reason for Gary Paulsen being my favorite author is because he never leaves out detail. Gary latches on to your brain and doesn't let go! When I begin to read his books, I can not put them down. It is as if I am watching a movie in my head, visualizing......more

Goodreads review by Michael

Truly adventurous, but this time with added troubles. Francis reclaimed Lottie and Billy, and now travels with them. This adds to the difficulties for various reasons, mainly because they're young kids. Other problems surface that heighten the story's intensity. Each chapter left me wanting to pick......more

Goodreads review by Corey

Tucket's Ride Gary Paulsen Tucket and his adopted siblings Lottie and Billy are heading down west after losing his family off the Oregon Trail after being abducted by Indians. Tucket and his friends go through many trials in order to find his lost family. In the story, Tucket and his friends hear a wo......more