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.
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.
But Bullet is only the first odd thing that happens to Ellie the year she\'s eleven.
He hasn\'t been able to hunt, either, so it\'s strange when he brings home a hunting dog, a beagle named Bullet. 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