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First published in 1865, Mary Mapes Dodge's "Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates" is an endearing children's story about a hard-working, honorable Dutch boy and the challenges he faces as a result of his family's poverty. Hans dreams of entering a big ice-skating race with his sister Gretel so that he may win the beautiful silver skates he desires. Yet, he is also very concerned for his father, who has been injured from a fall off of a dike and in...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
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"The Olympics are full of skating sports! Graceful figure skaters impress with jumps, speed skaters zoom around the icy track, and hockey players turn on a dime to chase down the puck. Readers will enjoy learning about different skills needed for each of these activities. With colorful photographs illustrating the postures, foot placement, and techniques needed to learn how to ice-skate, the main content shows readers what fun they can have on the...
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Capstone Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
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An introduction to figure skating for girls, discussing what it takes to be a figure skater and the rules that make it a sport; offering advice on how to get started; explaining the importance of practice and healthy habits; and including brief profiles of top female skaters.
9) Roller girl
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 2
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"A graphic novel adventure about a girl who discovers roller derby right as she and her best friend are growing apart"--
11) Figure skating
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Children's Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
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Sketches the history of ice skating from its beginning as a means of travel to its current status as a sport; discusses the contributions of Sonja Henie and other Olympic stars.
12) Kate skates
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.6 - AR Pts: 1
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When Kate gets new, big kids' ice skates and gives her old ones to her little sister, she is surprised that the new ones are much harder to use.
14) A perfect match
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Girls only (GO!) volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 3
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When Heather decides to break up the "perfect match" in ice dancing with her own ambition for singles competition, Kevin has no problem finding a new partner and moving on.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 13
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"Sixteen-year-old figure skater Olivia Kennedy's Olympic dreams have ended. She's bitter, but enjoying life as a regular teenager instead of trying to live up to expectations of being the daughter of Olympians Michael Kennedy and Midori Nakashima...until Jonah Choi starts training at her family's struggling rink. Jonah's driven, talented, going for the Olympics in speed skating, completely annoying...and totally gorgeous. Between teasing Jonah, helping...
16) Breaking the ice
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 8
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Kaitlin has given up a lot--even attending school--to pursue her dream of being a champion figure skater, but after she throws a tantrum at a major competition, she is dropped by her coach and prestigious skating club and can only get a spot in the much-ridiculed Fallton Club.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
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Pearl's birthday skates have a single blade and learning to use them is harder than she expects. Pearl has new skates. They are real skates (not double runners), and she can't wait to try them. Pearl inches out onto the frozen pond. But instead of twirling, she topples. Instead of spinning, she falls -- splaaat! Pearl has new skates. They are shiny white with red tassels, and she loves them. Will Pearl ever skate in real life the way she skates in...
19) Roller skates!
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Scholastic
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
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When the town shoe store has a big sale on roller skates, everyone from Joe the mailman to Pete the pizza boy ends up on wheels.
20) Skating showdown
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
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Thirteen-year-old Janelle loves figure skating, but when she enters a competition she is frustrated because she is not as good at the jumps as another girl at the rink and she starts to wonder if she should just quit--until her coach comes up with an idea.
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