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Author:

Borden, Louise.

Title:

The greatest skating race : a World War II Story from the Netherlands / Louise Borden ; illustrated by Niki Daly.

Publisher:

Margaret K. McElderry Books,

Copyright Date:

c2004

Description:

44 p. : col. ill., map ; 24 x 29 cm.

Subject:

Escapes--Fiction.
Ice skating--Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--Netherlands--Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--Netherlands--Juvenile fiction.
Netherlands--Fiction.--German occupation, 1940-1945--Fiction.

Other Authors:

Daly, Niki, ill.

Summary:

During World War II in the Netherlands, a ten-year-old boy's dream of skating in a famous race allows him to help two children escape to Belgium by ice skating past German soldiers and other enemies.

Indexed by:

BCCB Recommended.
Kirkus 09/15/2004.
SLJ Dec 2004.

ISBN:

0689845022
9780689845024

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