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Translations of The Forbidden Bridge and Jamie's Discovery.
Contents
* Contents derived from the Kaapstad,Cape Town,
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South Africa,
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Southern Africa,Africa,:John Malherbe Edms Brk,1963 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Jamie lives on an isolated property and his closest friends live on the other side of the river. One day he runs across the 'forbidden' railway bridge to play with them and on the way back hears the clicking of an approaching train ...
Eight-year-old Jamie's dog, Fran, goes missing and Jamie and his friend Len have almost despaired of finding her alive when, on one last search in the hills they find Fran, and something else besides.