The Fire-Eaters

Almond, David

ISBN 10: 0340773820 / ISBN 13: 9780340773826

Published by Hodder Childrens Book, 2003

About this Item

The Fire-Eaters by David Almond. 2003. Hardback. UK first edition, first printing. Signed by author to title page. Pages have sunned to the edges, jacket unclipped. Clean throughout. Bookseller Inventory #HFB0044664.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Fire-Eaters
• Publisher: Hodder Childrens Book
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0340773820
• ISBN 13: 9780340773826
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 500 grams
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

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?

About the Author

David Almond is twice winner of the Whitbread Children's Book Award. His first novel, SKELLIG, won the Whitbread Children's Award and the Carnegie Medal. His second, KIT'S WILDERNESS, won the Smarties Award Silver Medal, was Highly Commended for the Carnegie Medal, and shortlisted for the Guardian Award. THE FIRE-EATERS won the Whitbread, the Smarties Gold Award and was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. David is widely regarded as one of the most exciting and innovative children's authors writing today, and his books are bestsellers all over the world. He lives with his family in Northumberland.