Call Me Francis Tucket

by Gary Paulsen

Book Overview

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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0440412706
• ISBN13: 9780440412700
• Release Date: October 1996
• Publisher: Yearling Books
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.2" x 7.7"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

Great and exciting

i really enjoyed reading this book. i wasn't wanting to at first but a id in my class took the book i wanted to read for his book report. I feel lucky thought because I realized that he hated his book and the chapters were long. Even if this reveiw isnt very good i hope you please reas this book its great!

Tucket rides again

Francis is much more grown up in this adventurous sequel to the first book in the series, "Mr. Tucket". Francis is on his own, having learned so many survival skills from Mr. Grimes in the previous book. Once again he is forced to have his posessions (horse, rifle, clothes) taken from him by force. But the outcome is different this time, since Francis is much wiser even if he is 14. He is able to take care of himself just as well as any adult. Francis helps some kids, hunts buffalo, meets with Indians, and other frontier activity. The mule in this book steals the show by the way. The only bad thing about this book is it is short. I read it in about an hour, and it is half the size of the first book. Don't get me wrong though, I sped through the book because you can't wait to turn the page and see what happens next. Mr. Grimes is not in this story. I can't wait to read the next book. I strongly reccommend reading the book that comes first in the series before reading this, the second one.

Very Exciting!

Fourteen year old Francis Tucket and his family were driving on the Oregon Trail. At one point, Francis stayed behind the wagon alittle, to practice shooting. That's when the Pawness kidnapped him. Then, a mountain man named Mr. Grimes captured Francis from the Indians, and now he's staying with this man. Mr. Grimes tries to teach Francis how to shoot with a gun he gave him. The boy is able to shoot antelope and they eat it. Then Mr. Grimes and Francis went into a village with Mr. Jason and Bird Dance. They slept there for the night. One winter morning Francis escaped and lived in the wilderness alone, for awhile. He tried to return to his family...will he make it? I really like the book, and the way Francis overcame many conflicts.

Detailed with Lots of Suspense!

Fourteen-year-old Francis Tuckett is traveling west bound, on the Oregon Trail when a tribe of Pawnee Indians captures him. Later, Francis meets a one-armed mountain man named Mr. Grimes who tries to help Francis get away from the Pawnee. He runs for more than ten miles, with no stops, no food, or water. I really liked this book. It was a good novel and very interesting, about the Oregon Trail. The story was detailed, and had a lot of suspense, and foreshadowing. One of the most suspenseful scenes was in the beginning, when Francis was captured. I thought that the Pawnee were going to hang him, but they wanted to adopt him.

Its a book you will never forget.

This book is a book you should read because once you get into it you won't want to stop. Its also a very interesting book.