The fire-eaters

By David Almond

Subjects: Readers, Great britain, history, fiction, Large type books, Cuban Missile Crisis (1962) fast (OCoLC)fst00884799, Historical fiction, Fiction, Children's fiction, Conduct of life, fiction, Conduct of life, Engels, Juvenile fiction, Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962, History, Hope, English language, juvenile literature

Description: 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.