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In 1962 England, despite observing his father's illness and the suffering of the fire-eating Mr. McNulty, as well as enduring abuse at school and the stress of the Cuban Missile Crisis, Bobby Burns and his family and friends still find reasons to rejoice in their lives and to have hope for the future.
"Portions of this novel appeared in ... the magazines Panurge and Stand and in A Kind of Heaven"--Title page verso.
Originally published: Great Britain : Hodder Children's Books, 2003.
Whitbread Book of the Year Award-Children's Book Category, 2003.