Tucker and his dad live together by themselves. His siter's name is Ashley. Tucker's father and mother got divorced when Tucker was 4 and his sister was 2. Now Tucker is 11 and Ashley is 9. His mother and his siter live in Kansas. So a couple of days before school started his siter came down to visit and so she is going to go to school with him. Tucker isn't really happy about her coming down. So when she got here he was kind of being mean to her and a jerk. On the first day of school his dad said to be nice and show her arund, now Tucker wasn't really happy about that, but he tried. Tucker's best friend, Bert, and Tucker both like to hunt. Tucker is suppost to make bow- and- arrows for Bert and him, and Bert is suppost to get the license to hunt. Bert meets Ashley and he likes her because she can burp when sombody tells her to and he thinks she is funny! Tucker gets jelouse and upset because Bert doesn't care anymore about hunting and Tucker is afraid that he will lose a friend. So then they get in a fight and apoligize and they become best friends again!! Mean wile Ashley has been mailing her mom letters saying how she is doing, and that she is having fun w/ Tucker, and she keeps asking her mom if Tucker and his dad and sister and mom could be a family again. One day Tucker went and got the mail and there was a letter that was for Ashley from her mom. Tucker couldn't take it any more and so he opened it and read it.
It said how his mom was doing and that she misses Ashley. At the bottom of the letter it said that they can not be a family again and that her mom and dad are just friends.
After Tucker read it he felt sad and depressed, but he said to himself that he couldn't look sad or depressed because he didn't want to look sad in front of his sister. Now Tucker is finally starting to like Ashley and now she has to go back home and they had just gotten to know each other. Tucker asked if she could stay for a little while longer and she was able to. So now are getting to know each other and be really good friends.

This is the story of 6th grader Tucker Renfro, a boy whose dream is to be a part of a tribe, a family. His 9-year-old sister, Olivia, comes for an extended visit - the first time the two siblings have been together in seven years.

The story revails the little things that bring families together - and tears them apart. It's about Tucker coming of age. He learns that life is not always fair. Pain and pleasure go hand in hand to build a life ... a whole, full life.

My overall opinion about this book was that I found it very hard to understand and actually get into. The two things I hate most about this book was that the characters were flat, this means the characters didn't catch your attention much. Then the second thing was that they paraphrased almost everything, and I thought that was very hard to understand or even know what they were talking about. Like they would be talking about one thing then jump to something else. I would probably recommend this book to people who like Indian Cultures or like emotional books.

I found this book funny. Its about a girl that causes tons of problems and decides to run away. It has good coloring and drawings. What is said in the end I think is very true. So read the book to find out what happens. Do it!

Mark C

This book is wonderful. It is fun to read, but you have to get into a rhythym and use a slight drawl. My kids love it. We've gotten it so many times from the library that it's time to get our own copy.