The Fire-Eaters
by Almond, David
ALA Notable/Best BooksALA Best Book for Young AdultsGuardian Children's Fiction PrizeBCCB Blue Ribbon BookBoston Globe/Horn Book Award/HonorsEnglandHopeIllness
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AR Book Level
3.6
AR Points
5
Word Count
37,751
Interest Level
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Genre
Fiction
AR Quiz #
206769 EN
About this book
Eleven-year-old Bobby Burns has grown up happily in a traditional northeastern coastal community. But life is changing: grammar school, his father's illness and the all-too-real Cuban Missile Crisis threaten his world. Challenging content.