description: 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?
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: Turtleback Books