01332cam a2200313 4500 1163148672 TxAuBib 20050726120000.0 030729s2005||||||||||||d|||||||||||eng|u 2003055709 9780385731706 0385731701 9780385902076 0385902077 TxAuBib Almond, David, 1951- The fire-eaters [large print] / David Almond. Waterville, Me. : Thorndike Press, 2005. 239 p. ; 23 cm. Originally published: Great Britain : Hodder Children's Books, 2003. 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. 20050726. Conduct of life Juvenile fiction. Hope Juvenile fiction. Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962 Juvenile fiction. Large type books. Great Britain History 20th century Juvenile fiction. TXKIP