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The Trouble with Tuck

The Trouble with Tuck( )
Author: Taylor, Theodore
Taylor, Theodore
ISBN:978-0-385-17775-7
Publication Date:Oct 1981
Publisher:Random House Children's Books
Imprint:Doubleday Books for Young Readers
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $10.95
Book Description:

Available for the first time in a Yearling edition, the classic, inspiring story of a dog who triumphs against all odds, by the bestselling author ofThe Cay. Helen adored her beautiful golden Labrador from the first moment he was placed in her arms, a squirming fat sausage of creamy yellow fur. As her best friend, Friar Tuck waited daily for Helen to come home from school and play. He guarded her through the long, scary hours of the dark night. Twice he even saved her life.

Book Details
Pages:96
Detailed Subjects: Juvenile Fiction / General
Juvenile Fiction / Animals / Dogs
Book Weight:0.55 Pounds
Author Biography
Taylor, Theodore (Author)
Author Theodore Taylor was born in Statesville, North Carolina on June 23, 1921. At the age of seventeen, he became a copyboy at the Washington, D. C. Daily News and was writing radio network sports for NBC in New York two years later. During World War II, he joined the merchant marines and earned a commission as an ensign in the U. S. Navy. He was recalled to active duty during the Korean War. In 1955, he became a press agent for Paramount Pictures and later became a story editor and an associate producer.

He has written over fifty fiction and non-fiction books for young adults and adults. He has received numerous awards for his works including the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award for The Cay, the 1992 Edgar Allen Poe Award for Best Young Adult Mystery for The Weirdo, and the 1996 Scott O'Dell Award for historical fiction for The Bomb. He died on October 26, 2006.

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