Status
Available
Collection
Publication
Margaret K. McElderry Books (2004), 48 pages
Description
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.
Local notes
Horn Book Guide, 03/31/2005
After a neighbor is arrested for radioing messages in early 1942 Holland, Piet, only ten but "a strong skater" with "a quick mind," guides the man's two children to safety on skates. The verse-style narrative is set on broad, snowy pages. Daly's colored-pencil and watercolor illustrations evoke the story's drama and its seriousness. This carefully researched book makes a fine introduction to the period. Copyright 2003 of The Horn Book, Inc. All rights reserved.
After a neighbor is arrested for radioing messages in early 1942 Holland, Piet, only ten but "a strong skater" with "a quick mind," guides the man's two children to safety on skates. The verse-style narrative is set on broad, snowy pages. Daly's colored-pencil and watercolor illustrations evoke the story's drama and its seriousness. This carefully researched book makes a fine introduction to the period. Copyright 2003 of The Horn Book, Inc. All rights reserved.
Subjects
Awards
Texas Bluebonnet Award (Nominee — 2008)
Triple Crown Awards (Nominee — 2007)
Ohioana Book Award (Winner — Juvenile Literature — 2005)
South Carolina Book Awards (Nominee — Children's Book Award — 2008)
CCBC Choices (2005)