Francis Tucket is a teenage boy who is moving out west with his family. On his 14th birthday, he is given a rifle and goes behind the wagon train to practice, but he gets too far behind and is kidnapped by Indians. Thus starts the adventures of Tucket's life.
First in the Indian camp he meets a one armed man named Mr. Grimes who helps him escape the Indians. Francis travels with Mr. Grimes for a while and learned a lot about how to survive in the west, but they eventually part ways. Their paths will cross several more times.
In the mean time, Tucket finds talkative Lottie and her brother Billy alone on the prairie. He takes them in and starts towards Oregon in the hope of finding his family. Along the way they end up getting involved in the American-Mexican War, get captured by bandits and find a mother-load of gold. Eventually Mr. Grimes is killed and this effects Tucket deeply. After a little while, he continues along his way to Oregon. At the end of the book series, Tucket finds his family, marries Lottie and "lives happily ever after."
I enjoy reading about the Wild West and I like the adventure in these books.
Note to Parents:
This book contains some bad language, violence (Tucket himself killed several people over the series) and Mr. Grime's death left Tucket depressed for a while until Mr. Grimes "showed up" and told him it was OK (Mr. Grimes death can also be a sad moment for the reader.)
Age Range:10 to 14 Book Category: Historical Fiction/Fiction
Another I read by Gary Paulson Woodsong
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