by Bobby Orr (author), Kara Kootstra (author) & Jennifer Phelan (illustrator)
Even hockey legends start with hand-me-downs. A beautifully illustrated true childhood story about hockey great Bobby Orr.
Bobby eats, sleeps and breathes hockey. So when his birthday is coming up, he only wants one thing: new skates. He's seen the exact pair he wants in the shop window: sparkling blades, shiny leather, clean new laces tied in perfect bows. But when Bobby opens his gift, he's dismayed to find hand-me-down skates: scuffed leather, nicked blades, floppy laces.
Once Bobby breaks them in, though, he and the hand-me-down skates become inseparable, and he can't imagine life without them—until the brand-new skates come into his life. How can he leave his hand-me-down skates behind?
Condition: a fine copy in a jacket with tiny tear at top corner of spine else fine jacket.
