Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates Complete and Unabridged

<p>From glistening ice roads to frozen canals, in a wonderland where even the richest nobles thrill to the gliding joys of winter, <i>everyone</i> is awaiting the fabulous race to win the magnificent Silver Skates --<br><br><i>Except Hans Brinker and his sister Gretel. </i>For the Brinkers are desperately poor, friendless; with a 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-crafted wooden skates, they can't complete against trained rich kids with fine steel blades...<br><br>But sometimes...sometimes...good people <i>are</i> given a chance. Sometimes strangers <i>do </i>care. And sometimes a family's love and loyalty can struggle against even the cruelest twists of fate...<br><br>Sometimes...<br><br><br>At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.</p>