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|aAlmond, David|d1951
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|aThe fire-eaters |cDavid Almond
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|aNew York |bDelacorte Press|cc2004
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|a218 p. |c22 cm.
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|aLexile:520
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|aOriginally published: London : Hodder Children's Books, 2003
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|a"Parts of this novel appeared, in an earlier form, in the magazinesPanurge and Stand and in A Kind of Heaven ..."--T.p. verso.
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|a8
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|aIn 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.
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|aConduct of life|vFiction
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|aHope|vFiction
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|aCuban Missile Crisis, 1962|vFiction
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|aGreat Britain--History--20th century|vFiction
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|aLexile 520L
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|aFantasy Fiction
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