cover image The Fire-Eaters

The Fire-Eaters

David Almond, . . Random/Yearling, $5.99 (218pp) ISBN 978-0-440-42012-5

"Bobby's reflections, enhanced by powerful images of nature, convey the young protagonist's uncertainties and a sense of the world itself being on the cusp of change, in the fall of 1962," according to PW . Ages 8-up. (Nov.)