Hans Brinker, the Silver Skates

by Dodge, Mary Mapes

• ISBN13: 9780875527253
• ISBN10: 0875527256
• Edition: Abridged
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-08-01
• Publisher: Presbyterian & Reformed Pub Co

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Hans and Gretel	9	(4)
Holland	13	(5)
The Silver Skates	18	(5)
Hans and Gretel Find a Friend	23	(6)
Shadows in the Home	29	(6)
Sunbeams	35	(2)
Hans Has His Way	37	(3)
Introducing Jacob Poot and His Cousin	40	(4)
The Festival of Saint Nicholas	44	(6)
What the Boys Saw and Did in Amsterdam	50	(6)
Big Manias and Little Oddities	56	(3)
On the Way to Haarlem	59	(2)
A Catastrophe	61	(3)
Hans	64	(4)
Homes	68	(5)
Haarlem---The Boys Hear Voices	73	(3)
The Man with the Four Heads	76	(3)
Friends in Need	79	(5)
On the Canal	84	(3)
Jacob Poot Changes the Plan	87	(4)
Mr. Kleef and His Menu	91	(2)
The Red Lion Becomes Dangerous	93	(7)
Before the Court	100	(3)
The Beleaguered Cities	103	(2)
Leyden	105	(3)
The Palace in the Wood	108	(2)
The Merchant Prince and the Sister Princess	110	(7)
Through the Hague	117	(5)
A Day of Rest	122	(2)
Homeward Bound	124	(4)
Boys and Girls	128	(5)
The Crisis	133	(6)
Gretel and Hilda	139	(5)
The Awakening	144	(4)
Bones and Tongues	148	(3)
A New Alarm	151	(5)
The Father's Return	156	(4)
The Thousand Guilders	160	(6)
Glimpses	166	(4)
Looking for Work	170	(5)
The Fairy Godmother	175	(6)
The Mysterious Watch	181	(7)
A Discovery	188	(7)
The Race	195	(11)
Joy in the Cottage	206	(7)
Mysterious Disappearance of Thomas Higgs	213	(3)
Broad Sunshine	216	(5)
Conclusion	221