Book
Mr. Tucket
Record details
- ISBN: 0385311699
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Physical Description:
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166 p. ; 22 cm. - Publisher: New York : Delacorte Press, c1994.
Content descriptions
| Summary, etc.: | 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. |
| Target Audience Note: | 5-8 5.5 Follett Library Resources Elementary |
| Awards Note: | Nutmeg Award Nominee, [Intermediate], 1998. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Indians of North America Great Plains Fiction Overland journeys to the Pacific Fiction Frontier and pioneer life West (U.S.) Fiction Pawnee Indians Fiction Western stories |
Available copies
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- 0 of 0 copies available at Rockville Public Library.
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- 0 current holds with 18 total copies.
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Author Notes
Mr. Tucket
Gary Paulsen was born on May 17, 1939 in Minnesota. He was working as a satellite technician for an aerospace firm in California when he realized he wanted to be a writer. He left his job and spent the next year in Hollywood as a magazine proofreader. His first book, Special War, was published in 1966. He has written more than 175 books for young adults including Brian's Winter, Winterkill, Harris and Me, Woodsong, Winterdance, The Transall Saga, Soldier's Heart, This Side of Wild, and Guts: The True Stories Behind Hatchet and the Brian Books. Hatchet, Dogsong, and The Winter Room are Newbery Honor Books. He was the recipient of the 1997 Margaret A. Edwards Award for his lifetime achievement in writing for young adults. (Bowker Author Biography)
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