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Hans Brinker
Hans Brinker
Hans Brinker
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Hans Brinker

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The novel takes place in the Netherlands, and is a colorful fictional portrait of early nineteenth-century Dutch life, as well as a tale of youthful honor. The title of the book refers to the beautiful silver skates to be awarded to winner of the ice-skating race Hans Brinker hopes to enter.
LanguageEnglish
Release dateDec 28, 2012
ISBN9781625585738
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  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I still remember about fifty years ago my teacher read this aloud to my class in primary school. I especially recall the trephining operation which restores Hans' father's memory.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I liked this book a lot more than I expected to! I thought it was a simple children's book about Dutch kids, but it turns out Hans Brinker is basically used to add some adventure to a book that is actually more like a child's history of the Netherlands, made really fun by the exciting historical events it talks about, and made adventurous by all of the skating and strange/exotic vehicles and foods and sights. At first I thought it was a little stereotypical, and although there are definitely some generalizations, they didn't seem so bad after the first 20-30 pages.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Endearing classic about a brother and sister who work together to find a doctor who can help their father and winning the competition to win silver skates.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    My dad had a copy of this book. It was one of the few he owned as a kid and it was given to him by his older sister. I read and re-read this book as a kid and remembered liking it very much.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    A wonderful tale of a close-knit family, set in the beauty of Holland. I come back to this nearly every winter! A perfect read to curl up in front of the fireplace with.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    when i read this last in or about 1953, i was struck with the kids and the race for the silver skates. i remembered nothing about the other 200 plus pages chock full of Dutch customs and culture and history. Oh well. It was better the second time around. There isn't any problem with the language. Somehow Mary Mapes Dodge writes in almost the same way another European woman wrote 130 years later. Her name is J. K. Rowlings. This is not a dated story and I recommend it to anyone's children . . . wait. back up the truck. I recommend it to anyone, period.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Hans and his younger sister live in Holland and love to skate. Unfortunately, their father had an accident 10 years earlier when Gretel was just a baby, and has been in a coma(?) since, so Hans makes their skates out of wood. But, with a race coming up, a nice girl offers to buy Hans some new skates. Meanwhile, they are still hoping their dad will wake up, as he had hidden away a large chunk of money just before his accident. Money they could really use. This was ok. I liked Hans’ family’s story, but there was also a section (mostly in the middle of the book) that focused on some of the other local boys. I mostly lost interest when the focus was on them. There was some nice descriptions of the area and the (19th century) culture in the book, and one of the other boys was from out of the country, so some of this was seen through his eyes, in a way. Overall, it was ok.

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