Re: Title of a school book

"SteveTBM" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> 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.

"The Brothers Lionheart," by Astrid Lindgren.