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Item Details
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THE FIRE EATERS
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| By: |
David Almond |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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| ISBN 10: |
0340773820 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780340773826 |
| Publisher: |
HACHETTE CHILDREN'S GROUP |
| Pub. date: |
14 August, 2003 |
| Pages: |
256 |
| Description: |
David Almond's exceptional novel - winner of the Whitbread Award and the Smarties Book Prize. Also available as an unabridged audio recording, read by the author. |
| Synopsis: |
There he was, below the bridge, half-naked, eyes blazing. He had a pair of burning torches. He ran them back and forth across his skin. He sipped from a bottle, breathed across a torch, and fire and fumes leapt from his lips. The air was filled with the scent of paraffin. He breathed again, a great high spreading flag of fire. He glared. He roared like an animal. That summer, life had seemed perfect for Bobby Burns. But now it's autumn and the winds of change are blowing hard. Bobby's dad is mysteriously ill. His new school is a cold and cruel place. And worse: nuclear war may be about to start. But Bobby has a wonder-working friend called Ailsa Spink. And he's found the fire-eater, a devil called McNulty. What can they do together on Bobby's beach? Is it possible to work miracles? Will they be able to transform the world? |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Hodder Children's Books |
| Prizes: |
Short-listed for Whitbread Prize (Children's Book) 2003
Short-listed for Guardian Children's Fiction Award 2003
Short-listed for Guardian Children's Fiction Prize 2003 |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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Book Level : 3.6
Interest Level : MY+
Points : 5
Quiz number : 206769
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