Almond, David,  1951- <br/><br/>
The fire-eaters / 
David Almond. 
 - New York :  Yearling,  2005, c2003. 
 - 218 p. ;  22 cm. 
<br/><br/> "Parts of this novel appeared, in an earlier form, in the magazines Panurge and Stand and in A Kind of Heaven ..." --T.p. verso.  Originally published: London : Hodder Children's Books, 2003. 
<br/><br/> Despite observing his father's illness, the suffering of the fire-eating Mr. McNulty, and the stress of the Cuban Missile Crisis, Bobby Burns and his family and friends still find reasons to rejoice in their lives and to have hope for the future. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0440420121 (pbk.) :  $5.99 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Conduct of life--Fiction.<br/>Hope--Fiction.<br/>Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962--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 2005b 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>[Fic]