Tucket's Travels: Francis Tucket's Adventures in the West, 1847-1849 (Books 1-5) (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)

by Gary Paulsen

Overview

Fourteen-year-old Francis is heading west in a wagon train on the Oregon Trail when he's kidnapped by Pawnees. The story describes his adventures during the two-year search for his family teach him how to live by the harsh code of the wilderness.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781417601219
Publisher:	Perfection Learning Corporation
Publication date:	04/04/2019
Series:	Francis Tucket Series
Edition description:	THIS EDITION IS INTENDED FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY
Pages:	560
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.10(h) x 0.90(d)
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

Gary Paulsen is a prolific American writer of young adult literature, best known for coming-of-age stories about the wilderness. Three of Paulsen's books were given Newbery Honors: Dogsong, Hatchet, and The Winter Room. Paulsen joined a carnival at the age of 14 and had many jobs before deciding to be a writer: engineer, construction worker, ranch hand, truck driver, sailor, and even an Iditarod dogsled racer, which all have contributed to his vast bibliography.