TY - BOOK AU - Dodge,Mary Mapes TI - Hans Brinker; Or, The Silver Skates AV - PZ PY - 1996/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Siblings -- Juvenile fiction KW - Skating -- Juvenile fiction KW - Netherlands -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction N1 - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Brinker,_or_The_Silver_Skates; Release date is 1996-12-01; Produced by Ng E-Ching, and David Widger; Original publication data not identified N2 - "Hans Brinker; Or, The Silver Skates" by Mary Mapes Dodge is a children's novel published in 1865. Set in early 19th-century Holland, it follows poor siblings Hans and Gretel Brinker as they dream of competing in a grand ice-skating race for silver skates. Their father suffers from a mysterious head injury that has left the family destitute. When Hans encounters a famous surgeon, he faces difficult choices between his own dreams and his family's desperate needs, learning about sacrifice, honor, and hope. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/764 ER -