skates

"Ruby has been waiting all year for Mirror Lake to ice over so she can use her new precious pair of skates, but when the day comes, she can't find them Now she won't be able to join in the school trip to the lake--and how will she tell her parents she's lost the present they spent so long saving up for? Ruby's friends are determined to help her find them"--Back cover.

"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 sports 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. Can Bobby make these skates his own?"--Provided by publisher.

Joey is disappointed when his dad buys him skates off the second-hand rack, even though the salesman claims the skates are magic, but when his skating starts to improve, Joey becomes a believer.