Mr. Tucket by Gary Paulsen

Mr. Tucket by Gary Paulsen with an excerpt from Call Me Francis Tucket and Tucker's Ride Fourteen-year-old Francis Tucket is heading west on the Oregon Trail with his family by wagon train. When he receives a rifle for his birthday, he is thrilled that he is being treated like an adult. But Francis lags behind to practice shooting and is captured by Pawnees. It will take wild horses, hostile tribes, and a mysterious one-armed mountain man named Mr. Grimes to help Francis become the man who will be called Mr. Tucket. Children Western American History Historical Fiction 1800s Action Adventure JAK