Almond, David,  1951- <br/><br/>
The fire-eaters / 
 Fire eaters 
David Almond. 
 - New York :  Delacorte Press,  [2004], c2003. 
 - 218 p. ;  22 cm. 
<br/><br/> "Portions of this novel appeared in ... the magazines Panurge, Stand, and in A Kind of Heaven"--T.p. verso. 
<br/><br/> Wilson's Junior High School, November 2005  Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), January 2005  Book Links (A.L.A.), May 2005  Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), October 2004  Kliatt, March 2006 
<br/><br/> Despite observing his father's illness and the suffering of the fire-eating Mr. McNulty, as well as enduring abuse at school and the stress of the Cuban Missile Crisis, Bobby Burns and his family and friends, living in England in 1962, still find reasons to rejoice in their lives and to have hope for the future. 
<br/><br/> 6.0  5-8  Follett Library Resources 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0385731701 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2003055709 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Conduct of life--Fiction.<br/>Hope--Fiction.<br/>Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962--Fiction.<br/>Historical fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Great Britain--History--20th century--Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PZ7.A448  / Fi 2004 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>[Fic]