num_pages: 224
description: Bobby Burns knows he's a lucky lad. Growing up in sleepy Keely Bay, Bobby is exposed to all manner of wondrous things: stars reflecting off the icy sea, a friend that can heal injured fawns with her dreams, a man who can eat fire. But darkness seems to be approaching Bobby's life from all sides. Bobby's new school is a cold, cruel place. His father is suffering from a mysterious illness that threatens to tear his family apart. And the USA and USSR are testing nuclear missiles and creeping closer and closer to a world-engulfing war. Together with his wonder-working friend, Ailsa Spink, and the fire-eating illusionist McNulty, Bobby will learn to believe in miracles that will save the people and place he loves. From the Hardcover edition.
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