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About The Book
an amazing year
Ellie Farley's father, Okey, drinks too much, mostly because he hasn't been able to work since he was injured in a mining accident. He hasn't been able to hunt, either, so it's 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 she's 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 -- it's no wonder she confides to Bullet on her twelfth birthday, "Some year."
Product Details
- Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers (June 1, 2001)
- Length: 112 pages
- ISBN13: 9780689844959
- Grades: 4 - 7
- Ages: 9 - 12
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- ILA/CBC Children's Choices
- ALA Notable Children's Books
- Booklist Editors' Choice
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