num_pages: 112
description: an amazing yearEllie 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."
language: English
title: A Blue-Eyed Daisy
titlecomplete: A Blue-Eyed Daisy (Aladdin Fiction)
genres: Fiction, Juvenile, Young Adult, Childrens, Realistic Fiction
ratings_count: 184
awards: awardedAt: 536486400000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award, awardedAt: 504950400000
name: Judy Lopez Memorial Award for Children's Literature
publisher: Aladdin