Abelard-Schuman Limited-Richard Sadler

Foreword Growing-up — learning how to walk, to run, to swim — can be a lot of fun. In the world of the young, what hurdles are there that cannot be cleared? In the case of the handicapped child, the clearance of somé hurdles is rather more difficult, yet not beyond determin-ation and...

CHAPTER ONE As Thomas sat on the upturned barrel beside the barn he heard the distant drumming of horse's hooves on the dusty main road below the farmhouse. He looked up from his whittling in surprise. It was the 23rd December, 1834, the height of the summer in the Cape, and though it was late...

Must they really go to the sea, the sea which could hold so many dangers? Hummadun sighed as he packed bread and cheese for the journey. The fact was that Jory had said that they must go, and Hummadun and Sandy always did as Jory told them. It had all begun a few days before, when in sheer joy...