The touching prequel to the bestselling novel A Dog Named Christmas
The sleeper hit of 2008, A Dog Named Christmasread full description
The sleeper hit of 2008, A Dog Named Christmasread full description
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Jan 13, 2012
Donna
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Christmas with Tucker is the story of a 12 yr. old boy, George, who has lost his father in a farming accident. After the death of his father, George's mother and 2 sisters move to Minnesota to be closer to his mother's family. George stays behind to help his grandparents on the farm. This is something he wanted to do.
The winter of 1962 brought a terrrible blizzard to Kansas; the worst they have ever seen. During this time, George is called upon to help his grandfather with the da More...
The winter of 1962 brought a terrrible blizzard to Kansas; the worst they have ever seen. During this time, George is called upon to help his grandfather with the da More...
Mar 02, 2011
Denise
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Christmas to Tucker is the prequel to A Dog Named Christmas and very strongly continues in the simple, heartwarming, family values kind of vein.
The setting is a rural farming community in 1960s Kansas during one of the worst winter snow and ice storms in history. The McCray family is struggling with the holiday season already having recently lost John, son to Bo and Cora and father to George. The McCrays have a large dairy farm to keep running in addition to being the county road maintaine More...
The setting is a rural farming community in 1960s Kansas during one of the worst winter snow and ice storms in history. The McCray family is struggling with the holiday season already having recently lost John, son to Bo and Cora and father to George. The McCrays have a large dairy farm to keep running in addition to being the county road maintaine More...
Jan 26, 2011
Debbie
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I was really looking forward to reading "Christmas with Tucker" and the wait for it to arrive seemed endless after I found out I was one of the lucky people chosen to recieve a copy of it from Goodreads First Read. The Christmas season was hectic and Christmas flew by before I really had a chance to enjoy it. The book didn't actually reach my house until January but I'm always up for a good Christmas story and "Christmas with Tucker" was just that a good Christmas story. I wa
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Nov 15, 2010
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Dec 10, 2010
Sharon
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Greg Kincaid's "Christmas with Tucker" is, on the surface, a story about coming of age. Once you get into it further, it's far more complex than that.
The book 's primary action takes place in 1962. Thirteen-year-old George McCray lives with his grandparents on a Kansas dairy. His father has been killed in an accident, and his mother and sisters have moved away to Minnesota. George asks for a little more time on the farm.
During the course of the book, George star More...
The book 's primary action takes place in 1962. Thirteen-year-old George McCray lives with his grandparents on a Kansas dairy. His father has been killed in an accident, and his mother and sisters have moved away to Minnesota. George asks for a little more time on the farm.
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Dec 26, 2011
Connie
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This is both a coming-of-age story and a Christmas story set in a Kansas farm town in 1962. George's father had recently died in a farm accident, and George was staying with his grandparents on the family farm while his mother was out in Minnesota looking for a new home. The boy is looking after a neighbor's dog, Tucker, when a huge blizzard comes to Kansas. He faces challenge after challenge on the farm helping his grandparents with the dairy farm during the power outage. He also takes shif
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Feb 11, 2011
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An easy to read story, but don't let that fool you into thinking this book is mere child's play. There's a lot of depth here about loss and growth and love and community... and, dare I say it, what we'd call around here Yankee ingenuity, though really it comes back to that old adage of "wear it out, use it up, make it do, do without."
Written in a matter-of-fact manner without a shred of sap, it reminded me of stories of my father's growing up on a farm in Maine, and remind More...
Written in a matter-of-fact manner without a shred of sap, it reminded me of stories of my father's growing up on a farm in Maine, and remind More...
Nov 15, 2011
Julie
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After reading Kincaid’s heartwarming holiday story, A Dog Named Christmas, I headed to my local branch of the St. Louis Public Library to see what else I could find. Unfortunately, Kincaid had only one other book under his belt, 2010’s Christmas with Tucker, a prequel to the 2008 bestseller. I snatched it off the shelf and headed home.
The story takes place in the winter of 1962, shortly before Christmas. George McCray is living in the home he’s always known with his paternal grandpa More...
The story takes place in the winter of 1962, shortly before Christmas. George McCray is living in the home he’s always known with his paternal grandpa More...
Nov 17, 2010
A J
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This is a simple but elegant story that grips you from the get-go. George, an ordinary young teenager, dealing with extraordinary life events will endear himself to you as you read his story.
An Irish setter named Tucker, along with his grandparents and the family farm, aids George’s journey of surviving and growing up on a farm in the 1960s.
When I finished reading Christmas with Tucker, I had a warm glow of contentment and a sense of satisfaction that the world was a better place. Th More...
An Irish setter named Tucker, along with his grandparents and the family farm, aids George’s journey of surviving and growing up on a farm in the 1960s.
When I finished reading Christmas with Tucker, I had a warm glow of contentment and a sense of satisfaction that the world was a better place. Th More...
Dec 24, 2011
Ashley
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The trouble with having an ebook reader is that the only thing I have to base what book to read next on is the title. I don't remember what I've downloaded. And, seeing as it's Xmas Eve, I wanted to read a book about Xmas, so I selected this one. I wasn't aware that it was going to be a dog book! WAH!
Dog books always make me cry, and this one was no exception. And it's not like it's even sad, it's actually a little inspiring how George grew over that winter. But stories of people and More...
Dog books always make me cry, and this one was no exception. And it's not like it's even sad, it's actually a little inspiring how George grew over that winter. But stories of people and More...
Apr 02, 2011
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Jan 05, 2012
Julie (Mom2lnb)
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"4.5 stars" Christmas with Tucker is billed on the cover as a prequel to A Dog Named Christmas. While most of the events of the book take place long before A Dog Named Christmas, I still consider it to be the second in this untitled series. It begins with George McCray, the father and narrator of A Dog Named Christmas, reminiscing about Christmas 1962 which was a year that changed his life as a young boy. George is again the first-person narrator of this f More...
"4.5 stars" Christmas with Tucker is billed on the cover as a prequel to A Dog Named Christmas. While most of the events of the book take place long before A Dog Named Christmas, I still consider it to be the second in this untitled series. It begins with George McCray, the father and narrator of A Dog Named Christmas, reminiscing about Christmas 1962 which was a year that changed his life as a young boy. George is again the first-person narrator of this f More...
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Dec 08, 2011
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Christmas With Tucker was a gift from my friend last year. A box of Kleenex later, I made it through this touching story that still warms my heart.
Christmas With Tucker is a pre-quel to Greg Kincaid's very popular A Dog Named Christmas ($9.99). It's 1962 in eastern Kansas and young George McCray is living on the farm with his grandparents. George's dad was killed in a farm accident that summer. His mom and older sisters moved to Michigan, but his mother sensed he needed to stay on the farm More...
Christmas With Tucker is a pre-quel to Greg Kincaid's very popular A Dog Named Christmas ($9.99). It's 1962 in eastern Kansas and young George McCray is living on the farm with his grandparents. George's dad was killed in a farm accident that summer. His mom and older sisters moved to Michigan, but his mother sensed he needed to stay on the farm More...
May 07, 2011
Lisa
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I ripped the audiobook to my computer last winter, but didn't have time to listen to it until recently. This book would be excellent to listen to as a family because of the great themes of hard work, family, caring for others, and redemption and forgiveness. Perfect for a family story during the Christmas season. Although this book is built around Christmas and Christian values, it is not preachy or sickly sweet.
This book is more about 12 year old George than it is about the dog. Ge More...
This book is more about 12 year old George than it is about the dog. Ge More...
Apr 01, 2011
Vicki
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I loved this book. The story involves 13 year old George McCray living at his grandparents farm in
1962. He grew up there, but his life changed when his father died 6 months earlier, and his mother
and sisters moved away. George stayed on, with plans to move back with his mother over Christmas
break.
I liked the fact that the story was written through George's viewpoint. It was an easy and fast book
to read. Would be good for the whole family. I will be anxious to read More...
1962. He grew up there, but his life changed when his father died 6 months earlier, and his mother
and sisters moved away. George stayed on, with plans to move back with his mother over Christmas
break.
I liked the fact that the story was written through George's viewpoint. It was an easy and fast book
to read. Would be good for the whole family. I will be anxious to read More...
Jan 06, 2012
Hilary
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I read a dog named Christmas and loved that book. This book just did not do it for me. Some parts were heart warming, but as some of the other reviewers noted, there was definately not as much focus on Tucker as I would have hoped. It should have been called Christmas with the Maintainer. Seriously, how many more techniques of snow plowing could possibly have been included in the story??? I liked everything else about the story except the excessive details and drama regarding the maintainer!
Jan 11, 2011
Lisa
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A moving coming-of-age story in which author Kincaid is able to orchestrate through a grievous experience in a warm and fuzzy way. A few times it required a little stretch of the imagination that 13-year-old George could carry out some of the responsibilities that he did, but the story was still believable.
(I got this book from the library to read with the kids over Christmas break. They bailed after the introduction.)
(I got this book from the library to read with the kids over Christmas break. They bailed after the introduction.)
Jan 11, 2011
Jodi
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A sweet, touching story (but not too sappy) about a family who has lost their father and dealing with their first Christmas without him. The young man, George, steps up into the shoes of his father and learns to help his grandfather on the farm. He also falls in love with the neighbor's dog, Tucker. The reader learns how Tucker came to be George's dog and how this family learned to move through their grief.
Short and sweet.
Short and sweet.
Jan 28, 2012
Faithann
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Rules are made to be followed, but this is the winter when all of the rules that George has lived by will be broken. At the age of 13, George's world is turned upside down when his father is killed in an accident on the family farm. His mother, no longer able to bear living on the farm, takes his two sisters and moves to Minnesota. Feeling that George needs a little more time, she leaves him with his grandparents in Kansas with plans to take him to Minnesota after the Christmas holiday. When
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Feb 05, 2011
Cindi
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This is the type of book that you just can't help but love. A story about a boy and a dog and growing up. No need to recap the plot here when you can pick it up and read it in a couple of hours or a day and see for yourself. This was supposed to be one of my "Christmas Reads" that I ordered from the Library but I just now got it; after reading it, it can be an anytime read. Just keep some tissues nearby...
Jan 27, 2012
Linda
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A teenager grows up on his Grandparent's farm after a terrible loss. He learns that a special dog can begin to make things right. He learns how to appreciate what he does have and the friends that make it all possible. And, he learns that plowing through difficulties may be hard but never hurts. I guarantee that there will be tears in your eyes as you see George grow from a teenager to a man.
Nov 29, 2011
Gary
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Wonderful story of a boy, dog and family ties BUT if any story needed an epilogue this was one of them. They needed to end the story at Christmas time with an epilogue explaining the 10 years after not putting it in the original story it was far too jarring. 170 pages of the Christmas story and 4 pages on the next 10 years. I think we had a bad editing decision here. Love the story tho.
Dec 07, 2011
Janet
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A sweet coming of age story about a boy, a sometimes-member-of-the-family Irish setter, and a loving Grandfather trying to make the most of a difficult Christmas season. The book allows the reader a peek inside the lives of farm families dealing with snow, ice, love, loss, and joy during a memorable Christmas season in the early 1960's.
Dec 21, 2011
Erin
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Christmas to Tucker is the prequel to A Dog Named Christmas, although it was written after the first book. I liked the first book and am excited to read this one.
It was a touching story of a family dealing with the tragic death of the father and how a dog helped some of the family overcome some of their sadness.
It was a touching story of a family dealing with the tragic death of the father and how a dog helped some of the family overcome some of their sadness.
Jan 06, 2012
Tina
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I enjoyed the many different aspects of this story. How could you not love a story that showcases a boy and a devoted dog? I really liked the way the author taught the boy many different life lessons which helped him to grow up. I would definitely recommend this one.
Dec 23, 2010
Amy
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Not enough about the dog....too much about the farm life..tractor, the maintainer.....truthfully, a perfect book for my 12 year old son. He would really enjoy the farm life details....or someone who grew up in the 50s/60s on the farm. Nice message though.
Jul 26, 2011
Nicolas
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This was exactly what I was looking for. It was quick, entertaining, Christmasey and not too mushy. I haven't yet read "A Dog Named Christmas," but after this one I'm going to pick up a copy. This was the perfect book to read on a snowy day.
Jan 02, 2011
Terri
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If you combined Walton's Mountain, Mayberry & Little House on the Prairie...that is exactly where this book took place. Even though bad things have happened it still somehow manages to be a Utopian
society where everything works out 100% perfect in the end. It was a very sweet Christmas story.
society where everything works out 100% perfect in the end. It was a very sweet Christmas story.
Oct 13, 2010
Brenda
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I find the stories written by this author to be honest, interesting, and true-to-life. From start to finish I enjoyed my time with this book. It will be really easy for me to recommend this book to fellow readers who enjoy a traditional story.
Sep 27, 2011
Diana
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I just got this book from my church library last Sunday. It was a wonderful book! About a boy and a dog....always the kind of stories I like....written with so much love. The people were so real in it. Loved it loved it loved it!
