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Tucket's Home (The Tucket Adventures #5)
by
Gary Paulsen
Francis Tucket, Lottie and Billy have survived extraordinary, hair-raising adventures in their quest to find Francis's family, lost when he was kidnapped from a wagon train on the Oregon Trail. Now they meet up with a British explorer, bloodthirsty soldiers, and in a tragic, heroic encounter, with Jason Grimes, the mountain man. Their way is made more treacherous still by...more
Paperback, 112 pages
Published
February 12th 2002
by Yearling
(first published June 28th 1998)
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This book was good, however it was the worst ov the series. frances and his "family" join holy men on there way to california. They get seperated when frances lottie and billy take the safe way around a river and the holly men decide to go down it. The holy men die, frances lotty and billy settle down by frances's familys farm and frances and lottie get maryed (what the heck?)and billy opens a shiping line on the pacific. I would recamend this book to anyone who likes adventure, westerns, or che...more
Francis, Lottie, and Billy are back on the search for Francis's family. They meet a British adventurer who gets massacred by robbers, who then track the three kids. Mr. Grimes once again saves them, at the cost of his own life this time. The three then encounter a religious group traveling in wagons and travel with them to the Colombia River. The three go on horseback instead of wagon, and only the three survive the river crossing. Finally, Francis, Lottie, and Billy find Francis's parents.
Francis Lottie and Billy were searching for days for there home and were getting very close. They had made some friends along the way and lost most of them to indians or the river. Once they finally made it to where they live they were very rich with tons and tons of gold. They all started there lives over and grew up happy.
All five books in the Tucket series were entertaining adventures set in the West during the mid-1800s. I thoroughly enjoyed them. They gave a good idea on what life in the West was like - the harshness and difficulty of surviving there. I'll let my kids read them when they are a little bit older.
I thought it was a good book because the time period. Also it showed on how people reacted to finding gold and silver that would be worth a lot of money. It also showed on how some Indians were good and some weren't.
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I made this a really like because Paulsen finally got Tucker back home but not before more adventures. This time, he gets bit by a snake and meets more indians. A great series.
A great ending to the series. As full of action as the other books, but with a nice, happy ending.
I loved this little series for kids and I loved how it ended in this book.
This book is really good
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Another great read aloud from Gary Paulsen. An excellent way to finish the Tucket series.
Question number 1: The Authors Purpose for writing this book is to show a lesson a courage and hope. If something bad happens the main character shows that anyone can overcome that. He shows don't let scary things keep you from finishing what you started.
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Although he was never a dedicated student, Paulsen developed a passion for reading at an early age. After a librarian gave him a book to read--along with his own library card--he was hooked. He began spending hours alone in the basement of his apartment building, reading one book after another.
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