Hans Brinker is a wonderful classic about a boy named Hans and his younger sister Gretel. They live in a poor family with a paralized dad and a mother who does not work she has to stay home and help her husband who has the mind of a little baby, so Hans has to go find jobs for Gretal also love to skate the whole country of Holland is covered in ice,but they can’t afford skates so Hans made wooden ones for them. Then they hear about a race that the mayor is going to put on for her birthday, and the prize is a wonderful pair of silver skates. Will they enter the race and win the silver skates? Will they survive being poor or will they get kicked out of their house and have to live on the streets? Will their father be paralized for life or will someone treat him? Read the book to find out what happens next!