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"Come on Bokkie," wheedled Ginger. "We know
you've got the diamonds . . . we know you stabbed Blackie
for them . . . let's have them and well share."
Stung by the accusation, Bokkie flared up. "Get them
if you can," he shouted defiantly and held up the bag.
The two men began to climb, scrambling and slipping back,
shouting angrily.
"We must hold them off," said Shadrach.
"The dog . . ."
Have Shadrach, Bokkie and their faithful friend Black Dog
escaped from the shipwreck, only to succumb to the incredible
heat of the Namib desert - or the knives of the evil Peterson
and Ginger?
The two boys first met up on the infamous diamond ship after
Shad and Black Dog had been shipwrecked. Their dinghy drifts
alongside Bokkie's ship and very reluctantly her Captain takes
Shadrach and the dog aboard. There the boy from the Cape meets
and makes friends with the white boy, Bokkie, kept more or
less a prisoner on board to prevent him talking about the
illegal diving for diamonds.
A well deserved winner of the Maskew Miller Junior Adventure
Award, this thrilling and gripping adventure story tells of
Shadrach and Bokkie's battle with Peterson and Ginger who
will stop at nothing, - not even murder - for diamonds. But
perhaps the boys real enemy is Nature as they struggle against
the deadly perils of the sea with its huge tidal waves as
well as the horrific conditions of the desert with endless
sand, packs of wild dogs eager for blood, and, above all,
the pitiless sun . . .
James Ambrose Brown has many years of successful writing behind
him, including prize winning adult novels and plays for theatre,
radio and television. His writing for children including several
plays which have been widely translated in Europe and played
in the Middle East, Canada and America. His chronicles of
the Greymouse Family of Cape Town are recommended for school
libraries in South Africa. Danger Coast is his first adventure
novel for junior readers. As such it was awarded the Maskew
Miller Prize of 1982.
ISBN: 0 86391 069 6
150pp Hardback
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RRP £5.95
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