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Almond, David

The Fire-Eaters

218 pp. | Delacorte | May, 2004 | Trade ISBN 0-385-73170-1 $$15.95 | Library ISBN 0-385-90207-7 $$17.99
(1) YA Almond sets his portrait of a world suspended on the brink of disaster in a small, deteriorating town in northern England. In 1962, with the Cuban Missile Crisis looming, adolescent Bobby Burns finds himself intensely aware of endings and beginnings. Almond's themes are tightly woven through the story, holding together pieces large and small. The metaphors are not subtle but achieve power through their perfect fit.
Reviewer: Lauren Adams | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2004

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