| Description |
218 pages ; 22 cm |
| Note |
"Portions of this novel appeared in ... the magazines Panurge and Stand and in A Kind of Heaven"--T.p. verso. |
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Originally published: Great Britain : Hodder Children's Books, 2003. |
| 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. |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader AR MG 3.6 5.0 79071. |
| Subject |
Conduct of life -- Fiction.
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Hope -- Fiction.
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Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962 -- Fiction.
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Great Britain -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
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| Added Title |
The fire eater/lcDavid Almond |
| ISBN |
0385731701 trade |
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