The fire-eaters
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The fire-eaters
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- Label
- The fire-eaters
- Statement of responsibility
- by David Almond
- Subject
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- Conduct of life -- Fiction
- trueCuban Missile Crisis, 1962
- Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962 -- Fiction
- trueGreat Britain -- History -- 20th century
- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- trueHope
- Hope -- Fiction
- Large type books
- trueMissiles
- truePersonal conduct
- trueSchools
- trueSick fathers
- trueMagicians
- trueBallistic missiles
- trueBoys
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In 1962 England, 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 still find reasons to rejoice in their lives and to have hope for the future
- Award
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- ALA Notable Children's Book, 2005
- Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Fiction and Poetry, 2004.
- Nestle Children's Book Prize for Nine to Eleven Year Olds, 2003.
- Whitbread Book Award for Children's Book of the Year, 2003.
- YALSA Best Books for Young Adults, 2005
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- Dewey number
- [Fic]
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PZ7.A448
- LC item number
- Fi 2005
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile
- 520
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel
-
- 7
- 12
- Target audience
- pre adolescent
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