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Hans Brinker, or the Silver Skates Book and Charm
Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates Book and Charm Author:Mary Mapes Dodge The music has commenced ... Where are the racers? — All assembled together near the white columns. — It is a beautiful sight. Forty boys and girls in picturesque — attire darting with electric swiftness in and out among — each other, or sailing in pairs and triplets, beckoning, — chatting, whispering in the fullness of youthful glee. In a litt... more »le Dutch village covered in snow, Hans Brinker and his sister, Gretel, glide down the canals on hand-carved wooden skates. Metal skates are much too expensive. Even so, they are two of the best skaters around. A race is announced with two grand prizes: a pair of skates for a boy and another for a girl. Hans and Gretel enter, but will they win the silver skates?« less