Synopsis A Dutch brother and sister work toward two goals--finding the doctor who can restore their father's memory and winning the competition for the silver skates.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 1993-12-01 | | Edition Description: | Reissue |
| Size | | Height: | 6.5 in | | Width: | 4.0 in | | Thickness: | 0.8 in | | Weight: | 4.8 oz |
Publisher's Note From glistening ice roads to frozen canals, in a wonderland where even the richest nobles thrill to the gliding joys of winter, everyone is awaiting the fabulous race to win the magnificent Silver Skates...Except Hans Brinker and his sister Gretel. For the Brinkers are desperately poor, friendless; with their father felled by a crippling head wound, Mother and the children must battle simply to survive. And while Hans and Gretel are strong, fast, disciplined, and loyal...on hand-carved wooden skates, they can't compete against trained rich kids with fine steel blades...But sometimes...sometimes...good people are given a chance. Sometimes strangers do care. And sometimes a family's love and loyalty can struggleagainst event he cruelest twists of Fate...Sometimes...
The classic winter story, complete and unabridged. In a wonderland of frozen canals and water roads, the year's most glorious event is about to take place: the race to win the magnificent Silver Skates. But Hans and Gretel Brinker need a miracle, for their family is penniless. Can a family's love overcome the cruel twists of fate?
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