A Blue-Eyed Daisy (Aladdin Fiction)

an amazing year Ellie Farleys father Okey drinks too much mostly because he hasnt been able to work since he was injured in a mining accident. He hasnt been able to hunt either so its strange when he brings home a hunting dog a beagle named Bullet. But Bullet is only the first odd thing that happens to Ellie the year shes eleven. She sees a favorite uncle go off to war; a boy in her class has a fit in the middle of geography and another is accidentally killed while target shooting; and Okey drives his Chevy pickup off the mountain with near-tragic consequences. But still Ellie manages the ordinary pleasures of making a best friend and getting kissed for the first time -- its no wonder she confides to Bullet on her twelfth birthday Some year.