description: Growing up in a sleepy coal-mining town, Bobby Burns is exposed to all manner of wondrous things: stars reflecting off the icy sea, a friend who can heal injured fawns with her dreams, a man who eats fire. But lately, darkness is approaching Bobby's world from all sides . . .
language: English
title: The Fire-eaters
titlecomplete: The Fire-eaters
genres: Fiction, Historical, War, School, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Novels, Childrens, Historical Fiction, Fantasy
ratings_count: 1218
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Whitbread Award
category: Children's Book, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Zilveren Zoen, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Nestlé Smarties Book Prize
category: 9–11 years, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis
category: Jugendbuch, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Boston Globe-Horn Book Award
category: Fiction and Poetry, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Katholischer Kinder- und Jugendbuchpreis, awardedAt: 1483257600000
name: لاک‌پشت پرنده
publisher: Thorndike Press