Re: Title of a school book

Hello! I am fairly certain this is The Brothers Lionheart by Astrid
Lindgren.


Donna Pedaci
Dragonfly Books

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"SteveTBM" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Hi All,
>
> I'm trying to name a book that was read to my primary school class back in
> c1977. I have very little to go on but here goes:-
>
> In the beginning of the book there are two brothers. The younger brother
is
> sickly. There is a fire in their house and the elder brother jumps out of
> the window with his sickly younger brother thus killing himself but saving
> the brother.
> The elder brother returns to the sickly brother (In a dream?) and tells
him
> not to worry as there is an afterworld where they shall meet again. Also,
> time passes at a different rate so the younger brother leads a full life
yet
> the elder brother only waits a few days to be reunited.
>
>
> Sorry its not a lot. Any ideas?
>
> Steve.
>
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