The Boy in the Burning House

The author is grateful for the generous support of the
Canada Council for the Arts
towards the writing of this book.

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We acknowledge for their financial support of our publishing program the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council and the Government of Canada through the Book Publishing Industry Development Program (BPIDP).

National Library of Canada Cataloging in Publication

Wynne-Jones, Tim
The boy in the burning house / Tim Wynne-Jones.-lst mass market ed.
ISBN 0-88899-500-8
I. Title.
PS8595.Y59B69 2002 jC813’.54 C2002-904106-6
PZ7

Design by Michael Solomon
Cover illustration by Greg Spalenka (www.spalenka.com)
Printed and bound in Canada