Hans Brinker; Or, The Silver Skates by Mary Mapes Dodge
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"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 great 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 personal ambition and family
devotion—decisions that will test his honor and shape their futures. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Cooke, Edna, 1889-1975 |
| Title | Hans Brinker; Or, The Silver Skates |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Brinker,_or_The_Silver_Skates |
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Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Josephine Paolucci and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 80.6 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres |
| Subject | Siblings -- Juvenile fiction |
| Subject | Skating -- Juvenile fiction |
| Subject | Netherlands -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 34378 |
| Release Date | Nov 22, 2010 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 611 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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