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Francis Tucket now feels more confident that he can handle just about anything. A year ago, on the wagon train, he was kidnapped from his family by a Pawnee hunting party. Then he escaped with the help of the mountain man Mr. Grimes. Now that he and Mr. Grimes have parted ways, Francis is heading west on his Indian pony, crossing the endless prairie, trying to find his family. After a year with Mr. Grimes, Francis has learned to live by the harsh code of the wilderness. He can cause a stampede, survive his own mistakes, and face up to desperadoes. But when he rescues a little girl and her younger brother, Francis takes on more than he bargained for. All of a sudden he's in charge of Lottie and Billy, a family of his own. Fast-paced and exciting, Calling Me Francis Tucket continues the journey begun in Mr. Tucket, taking readers deeper into the American West, and deeper into Francis's changing knowledge of what it takes to survive on a new frontier.
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《学校图书馆杂志》(School Library Journal)书评
Gr 4-8Gary Paulsen, well known for his realistic tales of survival and historical fiction, combines both in this compelling sequel (Delacorte, 1995) to Mr. Tucket (Delacorte, 1994). Fourteen-year-old Francis Tucket became separated from his wagon train in 1848 and, having spent a year with Pawnees and a surly mountain man, decides to continue the journey with hopes of reuniting with his family in Oregon. Along the way, he encounters much adversity a terrifying buffalo stampede, a mugging by two ruthless men who rob him, and hunger. The most unsettling moment of all occurs when he stumbles upon two abandoned children who were ruthlessly driven from a wagon train when their father contracted cholera. Although rather brief, Paulsen's masterful storytelling brings the real Oregon Trail vividly to life with his accurate depiction which does not romanticize the harshness of the trail. Never overacting, reader John Randolph Jones offers an intriguing range of character voices. The brevity of this well-written and superbly performed story makes it an excellent choice for groups of listeners and will be useful for reluctant readers, history and literature classes, or anyone who enjoys a good story.-Susan McCaffrey, Sturgis Public Schools, MI (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
出版社周刊评论
The hero of this stallion-swift adventure tale, the followup to Mr. Tucket, could be the adolescent prefiguration of the archetypal western good guy-Gary Cooper or Clint Eastwood with a voice that's just begun to crack. Francis Tucket is 14 or 15-he's no longer sure of how much time has passed since a Pawnee raid on an Oregon-bound wagon train separated him from his family-but he can take care of himself. Hooking up with another wagon party, he volunteers to ``ride wide'' and hunt; he shoots a buffalo, causes a stampede, shoots again, gets robbed of all his possessions and then bests the thieves, all in the first few chapters. A cool-headed survivor in the mold of Hatchet's protagonist, Francis also cares about doing what's right, and so, when he meets two abandoned children, he assumes responsibility for them at some personal cost. Paulsen stumbles only once, in characterizing one of the children as a garrulous girl who has ``a place in me full of words and when I open the door to that place they just start coming...'' Elsewhere, he weaves in a wealth of information about pioneer travel, adding historical value to this heartstopping good read. Ages 10-up. (June) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
《儿童读物杂志》(Horn Book)书评
At the conclusion of 'Mr. Tucket' (Delacorte), fourteen-year-old Francis Tucket was alone on the prairie, determined to rejoin the wagon train carrying his family to Oregon. In this sequel, Francis continues his westward journey, accompanied by two young orphans. Paulsen excels at this type of wilderness survival story; readers will be pleased with the open-ended conclusion that hints at future episodes. From HORN BOOK 1995, (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Kirkus评论
Francis, 14, is alone on the frontier. In Mr. Tucket (1969) he was captured by Indians, rescued by the mountain man Mr. Grimes, and learned to survive. He continues his journey westward across the endless prairie, hoping to find his parents in a wagon train headed for Oregon. Along the way he is beset by thieves, caught in a buffalo stampede, and adopted by two young children whose father has died of cholera and who have been abandoned by the fearful adults in their wagon train. Characteristic of all Paulsen's works, the narrative flow is smooth and uncluttered, the action gritty and realistic, the story thrilling. This one reads like the second book of a trilogy; it starts in the middle and doesn't go anywhere, and familiarity with the first book is mandatory. But if Call Me Francis Tucket is unsatisfying on its own, like good serial fiction, it will make readers eager to find out what happens next, and hope a third book is in the offing. (Fiction. 10+)
《书目》(Booklist)书评
Gr. 5-8. In this sequel to Mr. Tucket (1969; rereleased 1994), 15-year-old Francis has parted company with one-armed mountain man Jason Grimes and joined a wagon train headed for Oregon. While on a hunting expedition Francis gets caught up in a buffalo stampede, becoming separated from the wagons and hopelessly lost. His troubles are compounded when outlaws steal his horse, gun, and supplies, leaving him with only their abused mule. Down but never out, Francis, using all the survival skills he can muster, rebounds, managing to regain all his possessions (and then some) and save two orphaned children. No one writes better survival fiction than Paulsen, and Francis is a particularly appealing character--savvy enough to defend himself against man and nature, yet still in touch with the innocence of his youth. A fast-paced read for adventure fans, this will also be useful for social studies classes studying the westward movement. (Reviewed July 1995)0385321163Kay Weisman