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The fire-eaters / David Almond Bobby Burns has lived his entire life in the small coastal town of Keely Bay, but in the autumn of 1962 he finds that his life is changing. He is going to a new school, leaving his old friends behind. He suspects his father may be sick. The Cuban Missile Crisis is raging in America, threatening the entire world with nuclear annihilation.
He is also meeting new people. There is McNulty, a fire-eater, Daniel, the new kid in town and Ailsa. Then there are the cruel teachers at Bobby's new school, who resort to beatings when they feel children don't know their place.
THE FIRE-EATERS contains a powerful message of hope.The FIRE-EATERS is a reminder that these moments of crisis can bring clarity to our lives and help us to treasure those things that are truly meaningful
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